Past perfect/past perfect continuous ex.6. open the brackets and complete the sentences with past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. 1. her name was logan. she ) a widow for fifteen years and had no children. 2. he wanted to find out how long the two men ) with them. 3. we talked about what we ) since we left school. 4. the last member of the party was neville, the film star, whom david ) for some time. 5. basil said that he ) all day and eat) anything. 6. she said she see) him since he was in his first year at the university. 7. it was cold and dark in the small room because it ) for five days. 8. he said he ) the statuette for a long time. the noise woke joe who ) in his pram by the garage door.

1. her name was logan. she had been  a widow for fifteen years and had no children.

2. he wanted to find out how long the two men  had been staying with them.

3. we talked about what we had been doing  since we left school.

4. the last member of the party was neville, the film star, whom david had known  for some time.

5. basil said that he had been writing  all day and hadn't eaten  anything.

6. she said she hadn't seen  him since he was in his first year at the university.

7. it was cold and dark in the small room because it had been raining  for five days.

8. he said he had had  the statuette for a long time. the noise woke joe who had been sleeping  in his pram by the garage door.

1- had been. 2- had been staying. 3- had been doing. 4- had known. 5- had been writing , had eaten. 6- hadn't seen. 7- had been raining. 8- had had. had been sleeping.