. Поставьте глаголы в Past Perfect Continuous или Past Continuous

1. He ................ (cook) until 12 o’clock.
2. She ................... (fry) fish when the pan caught fire.
3. He was tired. He ................ (drive) all day.
4. He .................. (watch) TV when his wife came home.
5. He .................... (ski) when he fell over and broke his leg.
6. He .................... (ski) all day. He was exhausted.

1. He had been cooking until 12 o’clock.

2. She was frying fish when the pan caught fire.

3. He was tired. He had been driving all day.

4. He was watching TV when his wife came home.

5. He was skiing when he fell over and broke his leg.

6. He had been skiing all day. He was exhausted.

Объяснение:

• Past Continuous используется, когда действие происходило в определённый момент в прошлом и было прервано другим событием:
  was frying … when the pan caught fire;
  was watching … when his wife came home;
  was skiing … when he fell over.

• Past Perfect Continuous показывает длительное действие, которое продолжалось до определённого момента в прошлом и объясняет его результат:
  had been driving all day — поэтому он устал;
  had been skiing all day — поэтому он был измотан;
  had been cooking until 12 o’clock — готовил до 12 часов.