Question

In this extract there are the words:
They had been calling for about five minutes. Use the same tense of the verb (past
perfect continuous) in the sentences below, i.e. for those verbs in brackets.
(a) How long the engine (run)? It (run) for half an hour.
(b) "When you arrived, the others (wait) long?" No, they (wait) about twenty
minutes.
(c) Why the boy (cry)? 'Because the other boys (laugh) at him.'
(d) "Before we gave them lodging, where those men (sleep)!"
"They (sleep) in the fields.'​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) How long the engine ran? It ran for half an hour.

(b) "When you arrived, the other waited long?" No,they waited about twenty minutes.

(c) Why the boy was crying? 'Because the other boys laughed at him.'

(d) "Before we gave them lodging, where those men slept!"

"They slept in the fields."