Activity 8 (b) – Underline the verbs in the following sentences that suggest actions that began before a certain point in the past and continued up to that time

Question

Underline the verbs in the following sentences that suggest actions that began before a certain point in the past and continued up to that time:

1. They had been playing in the field for an hour before Mother called them.
2. When I visited my uncle, he had been teaching in a school there for five years.
3. Rita had been studying at our school for the last eight years since I met her.

Answer

1. They had been playing in the field for an hour before Mother called them.
2. When I visited my uncle, he had been teaching in a school there for five years.
3. Rita had been studying at our school for the last eight years since I met her.