Pag. 255 es. 31

1. had pierced
2. had just broken
3. had thrown
4. had hidden
5. had lost
6. had already had

es. 32

1. -Noah hadn't piercedMilo's water wings.
-Had Noah pierced Milo's water wings.
-Hadn't Noah pierced Milo's water wings.
2. -They hadn't just broken the beach umbrella.
-Had they just broken the beach umbrella?
-Hadn't they just broken the beach umbrella?
3. -They hadn't thrown Poppy's towel into the water.
-Had they thrown Poppy's towel into the water?
-Hadn't they thrown Poppy's towel into the water?
4. -Eli and Noah hadn't hidden Milo's flip-flops.
-Had Eli and Noah hidden Milo's flip-flops?
-Hadn't Eli and Noah hidden Milo's flip-flops?
5. -Milo hadn't lost his underwater mask.
-Had Milo lost his underwater mask?
-Hadn't Milo lost his underwater mask?
6. -Milo hadn't already had all his brother's sandwiches.
-Had Milo already had all his brother's sandwiches?
-Hadn't Milo already had all his brother's sandwiches?

es. 33

1. watched - had gone
2. phoned - had left
3. had arrived - did not start
4. Did you get - found - had spilled
5. had opened - had - had bought - had put
6. Had you ever skated - had been

es. 34

1. had looked
2. began
3. had
4. had died
5. pained
6. had played
7. had watched
8. had never lived
9. rested
10. thought
11. had been
12. had braved
13. thought
14. had locked
15. had told
16. didn't want
17. filled
18. had never felt
19. knew
20. gathered

Pag. 257 es. 36

1. Anthony had been eating hamburgers for months.
2. I had been trying to get the tickets for the concert for weeks.
3. How long had they been playing football?
4. The students had been revising their lesson for hours.
5. Their parents had been quarreling for a long time when they arrived.
6. How long had you been playing music at full volume?
7. The storm had been raging all day.
8. I was hurting my leg because I had been walking too long.

es. 37

1. had been suffering
2. had been swimming
3. had been wandering
4. had been climbing
5. had been fasting
6. had been taking
7. had been keeping
8. had been eating

es. 38

1. had started - è un momento definito
2. had they been collecting - è un'azione continuata nel tempo
3. had been cooking - è un'azione continuata nel tempo
4. had known - è un verbo di percezione
5. had just burnt
6. had been travelling - è un'azione continuata nel tempo
7. hadn't been talking - è un'azione continuata nel tempo
8. had you been studying - è un'azione continuata nel tempo

es. 39

1. There hasn't been a car accident because the car brake metres ahead the other one.
2. The house had been burning for hours and the had destroyed everything.
3. Kelly hadn't feared horses even though she fell from a horse when she was little.
4. When we had seen the squirrel, it had already climbed up the tree.
5. I had been growing tomatoes for months when a violent storm blew away my greenhouses.
6. When I was going home, I remembered I had left my mobile phone at school.
7. The workers had been protesting for days and they had decided to start a general strike.
8. They concert had just started when Dave received a call and he went away without telling us anything.

Pag. 258 es. 40

1. has been waiting
2. likes
3. has just left
4. is ringing
5. hasn't broken
6. has struck
7. fly
8. always stop

es. 41

1. don't have hamburgers - are wanting
2. have you eaten
3. Had you ever had - had been having - don't play
4. had taken - had taken - never remember - put
5. had been cooking - are telling - put - are not coming
6. had built - had closed - is always
7. aren't you leaving - are leaving - Had you ever been
8. always does - didn't do - had to play
9. are leaving - are - arrived
10. had been playing - Aren't you - like - get

es. 42

1. are talking
2. love
3. went
4. Had you ever thrown
5. throw
6. had been looking
7. don't need
8. did you ask
9. have
10. think

es. 43

1. I had been playing the flute for six years and I really like it.
2. Look over there! There's something floating in the river!
3. Don't ask your dad now! I have just told you you can't go out!
4. She's laughing because her friends have just told her a really funny story.
5. A What are you eating? B I am eating some fruit. I always eat some fruit for breakfast.
6. A What did you do? Your finger is bleeding! B I had just cut myself with this penknife.
7. A Have you already given in your assignment? B No, I didn't. I had been working on it for days, but I still haven't finished it.
8. A I can't find my velvet gloves. Have you seen them? B The torn ones? I think mum got rid of them.
9. A How long had Simon been painting the kitchen ceiling? B He had been painting it for an hour and he's already saying that his back hurts!
10. A Why is Jacky barking? B Bruce had closed her in her enclosure because he wanted to play football with his friends.