Exercise 2. Read the situations and complete the sentences. 1. We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain. We ___ for half an hour when it started to rain. 2. I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and waited for him. After 20 minutes I realised that I was in the wrong restaurant. I ___ for 20 minutes when I ___ the wrong restaurant. 3. Sarah got a job in a factory. Five years later the factory closed down. At the time the factory ___, Sarah ___ there for five years. 4. I went to a concert last week. The orchestra began playing. After about ten minutes a man in the audience suddenly started shouting. The orchestra ___ when ___ . 5. This time make your own sentence: I began walking along the road. I ___ when ___ .

Перевод задания: Прочитайте ситуации и закончите предложения.

1. We had been playing for half an hour when it started to rain.
   (Мы играли полчаса, когда начался дождь.)
2. I had been waiting for 20 minutes when I realised I was in the wrong restaurant.
   (Я ждал 20 минут, когда понял, что нахожусь не в том ресторане.)
3. At the time the factory closed down, Sarah had been working there for five years.
   (Когда фабрика закрылась, Сара проработала там пять лет.)
4. The orchestra had been playing for about ten minutes when a man in the audience suddenly started shouting.
   (Оркестр играл около десяти минут, когда мужчина в зале внезапно начал кричать.)
5. I had been walking along the road when I saw an old friend.
   (Я шёл по дороге, когда увидел старого друга.)

В предложениях используется Past Perfect Continuous: это время показывает действие, которое продолжалось до определённого момента в прошлом.