Fill in with Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous. When I entered the house something smelt awful. Someone (1) ……… (cook) and (2) ……… (burn) the meal. I (3) ……… (visit) the house once before and (4) ……… (meet) the family, but I didn’t know what (5) ……… (happen) since then. The house was a mess. The children (6) ……… (play) in the living-room and (7) ……… (leave) their toys all over the floor. Someone (8) ……… (leave) all the windows open. It (9) ……… (rain) for hours and all the curtains (10) ……… (get) wet and dirty. I asked the children where their parents were. They told me that their mother (11) ……… (be) in hospital for the past two weeks. Their father (12) ……… (look after) them since then. Obviously he (13) ……… (do) his best, but he couldn’t do any better since he worked all morning and had to leave them alone most of the day. I had to do something to help them.

Нужно вставить Past Perfect Simple (had + V3) там, где важен результат к моменту “я вошёл”, и Past Perfect Continuous (had been + V-ing) там, где важен процесс/длительность до этого момента.

1. had been cooking — процесс готовки шёл какое-то время до моего прихода.

2. had burnt — результат: еду уже сожгли к этому моменту.

3. had visited — это было раньше, к моменту рассказа посещение уже произошло.

4. had met — знакомство с семьёй тоже произошло раньше.

5. had happened — что случилось к настоящему моменту рассказа (я не знал, что произошло за это время).

6. had been playing — дети играли (процесс, действие продолжалось).

7. had left — игрушки уже были разбросаны (результат).

8. had left — окна уже оставили открытыми (результат).

9. had been raining — дождь шёл часами (длительность/процесс).

10. had got — занавески уже стали мокрыми и грязными (результат).

11. had been — состояние/факт к тому моменту: она была в больнице уже две недели.

12. had been looking after — он присматривал за ними всё это время (длительность).

13. had been doing — “делал всё возможное” как продолжающееся усилие за период до этого момента.

Итоговый текст с ответами:

When I entered the house something smelt awful. Someone (1) had been cooking and (2) had burnt the meal. I (3) had visited the house once before and (4) had met the family, but I didn’t know what (5) had happened since then. The house was a mess. The children (6) had been playing in the living-room and (7) had left their toys all over the floor. Someone (8) had left all the windows open. It (9) had been raining for hours and all the curtains (10) had got wet and dirty. I asked the children where their parents were. They told me that their mother (11) had been in hospital for the past two weeks. Their father (12) had been looking after them since then. Obviously he (13) had been doing his best, but he couldn’t do any better since he worked all morning and had to leave them alone most of the day.