Questões de concursos sobre "Passado perfeito pogressivo | Past perfect continuous" | Inglês - página 1

The Past Perfect Continuous form of the sentence “I have
been waiting for 20 minutes.” is: 

“Mr. Preaud and his wife, who is pregnant,
hit the ground as people screamed, “Get
down, get down!” After the second explosion,
he looked up to see a giant fan — part of an
air-conditioning unit — that had landed near
them. They had been eating at a Délifrance,
talking about Salah Abdeslam, the terrorism
suspect who was arrested in Brussels on
Friday after a four-month global manhunt.”
Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/world/europe
/brussels (adapted). Access: March 23rd, 2016.  

The verbal tense in the passage “had been
eating” is

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta os termos que preenchem CORRETAMENTE as lacunas existentes nos enunciados seguintes, de cima para baixo: 

I. These bees ___________ kept in a large hive before they were taken out and examined by the beekeeper. 
 II. A thief came into his house, tied him up, took his money, and left. He ___________ tied up for several hours. 
 III. John doesn't cook very well. He _____________ helped by his wife. 
 IV. Amanda is pregnant. She expects her baby ______________ in November.

The Past Perfect Continuous form of the sentence “I have been waiting for 20 minutes.” is: