6. Put the verbs in brackets into past perfect or past perfect continuous. 1) By the time we arrived at the canyon, it ..... (stop) snowing. 2) Her feet were aching because she ..... (walk) since early that morning. 3) Most people ..... (leave) before the volcano erupted. 4) He got lost because he ..... (not/take) a map with him. 5) They were wet because they ..... (hike) in the rain.

Перевод задания: Поставьте глаголы в скобках в форме past perfect или past perfect continuous.

1. By the time we arrived at the canyon, it had stopped snowing. (К тому времени, как мы прибыли в каньон, снег уже перестал идти.)
2. Her feet were aching because she had been walking since early that morning. (У неё болели ноги, потому что она шла с раннего утра.)
3. Most people had left before the volcano erupted. (Большинство людей ушли до того, как произошло извержение вулкана.)
4. He got lost because he hadn’t taken a map with him. (Он заблудился, потому что не взял с собой карту.)
5. They were wet because they had been hiking in the rain. (Они промокли, потому что шли под дождём.)

Past perfect используется для завершённого действия, а past perfect continuous — для действия, которое продолжалось некоторое время до другого момента в прошлом.