Join the following sentences. Use the Past Perfect Progressive Tense in the main clause. Example: They began watching TV. After half an hour their parents came. — They had been watching TV for half an hour when their parents came. 1. The Thompsons went to live to Sussex. Six months later their son joined them. 2. We started to play football at about 2. Somewhere about half past 3 it began to rain. 3. Mother started cooking dinner. After 10 minutes Hazel came to help her. 4. Brian was trying to fix his car. After 3 hours he gave up the idea. 5. She worked for this company. After 25 years she retired. 6. My sister studied French. Then, after 5 years, she went to France. 7. We settled down in London. After a fortnight our two cousins joined us. 8. We sat down to dinner. After 15 minutes the door-bell rang. 9. Ann sat down and began to write her report. The family began watching an interesting film. After half an hour the TV broke down.

weɪt raɪt hɪə, aɪl biː bæk ɪn ðə ˈmɔːnɪŋ 
aɪ nəʊ ðæt aɪm nɒt ðæt ɪmˈpɔːtənt tuː juː bʌt tuː miː gɜːl, jʊə səʊ mʌʧ mɔː ðæn ˈgɔːʤəs 
səʊ mʌʧ mɔː ðæn ˈpɜːfɪkt 
raɪt naʊ aɪ nəʊ ðæt aɪ\ɛm nɒt ˈrɪəli wɜːθ ɪt 
ɪf juː gɪv miː taɪm aɪ kæn wɜːk ɒn ɪt 
gɪv miː sʌm taɪm waɪl aɪ wɜːk ɒn ɪt 
ˈluːzɪŋ jɔː ˈpeɪʃəns ænd gɜːl, aɪ dəʊnt bleɪm juː 
ði ɜːθs ɪn rəʊˈteɪʃən, jʊə ˈweɪtɪŋ fɔː miː 
lʊk æt maɪ feɪs,waɪl aɪ ɒn jɔː weɪst; 
kɔːz wiː ˈəʊnli hæv wʌn ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən ə wiːk 
ðæts waɪ jɔː frɛndz ˈɔːlweɪz ˈheɪtɪŋ ɒn miː 
əm ðəʊ, aɪ dɪd ðɪs ɔːl baɪ maɪˈsɛlf 
ˈmætər ɒv fækt, aɪ eɪnt ˈnɛvər ɑːsk nəʊ wʌn fɔː hɛlp 
ænd ðæts waɪ aɪ dəʊnt pɪk ʌp maɪ fəʊn wɛn ɪt rɪŋz 
nʌn ɒv maɪ ˈɛksɪz ɪz ˈəʊvə Lil piːp 
ˈnəʊbədi ˈflɛksɪŋ æz mʌʧ æz aɪ biː 
ðæts waɪ ʃiː tɛkst miː ænd tɛl miː ʃiː lʌv miː 
ʃiː nəʊ ðæt ˈsʌmˌdeɪ aɪl biː ˈəʊvə ðə siː 
ˈmeɪkɪŋ maɪ ˈmʌni ænd ˈsməʊkɪŋ maɪ wiːd 
aɪ θɪŋk ɪts ˈfʌni, ʃiː ˈəʊpən ʌp tuː miː, gɛt ˈkʌmfətəbl wɪð miː 
wʌns aɪ gɒt ɪt ˈkʌmɪŋ, aɪ lʌv hɜː, ʃiː lʌv miː 
aɪ nəʊ ðæt aɪm ˈnʌθɪŋ laɪk ˈsʌmwʌn ðə ˈfæmɪli wɒnt miː tuː biː 
ɪf aɪ faɪnd ə weɪ wɪl juː wɔːk ɪt wɪð miː? 
lʊk æt maɪ feɪs waɪl juː ˈtɔːkɪŋ tuː miː 
kɔːz wiː ˈəʊnli hæv wʌn ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən ə wiːk 
kæn aɪ gɛt wʌn ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən æt liːst? 
ʃaʊt aʊt tuː ˈɛvrɪwʌn ˈmeɪkɪŋ maɪ biːts, juː ˈhɛlpɪŋ miː priːʧ 
ðɪs ˈmjuːzɪks ði ˈəʊnli θɪŋ ˈkiːpɪŋ ðə piːs wɛn aɪm ˈfɔːlɪŋ tuː ˈpiːsɪz 
lʊk æt ðə skaɪ təˈnaɪt, ɔːl ɒv ðə stɑːz hæv ə ˈriːzn 
ə ˈriːzn tuː ʃaɪn, ə ˈriːzn laɪk maɪn ænd aɪm ˈfɔːlɪŋ tuː ˈpiːsɪz 
lʊk æt ðə skaɪ təˈnaɪt, ɔːl ɒv ðə stɑːz hæv ə ˈriːzn

Present simple^ The erth moves around the SUN.
Present continuous^ The Greens are looking for a babysitter at the moment.
Past simple^ He often watched football matches with his brother when he was a teenager.
Past continuous^ David was reading the newspaper while Carla was watching TV.
Present perfect simple^ Debbie has just moved into a new house.
Past perfect simple^ He had cooked dinner by 6 oclock in the evening.
Future simple^ I hope the temperature will drop soon.
Future perfect^ They will have bought a house by the end of this year.
Future continuous^ Will you be going to the post office today?