Fill in with past perfect continuous or past continuous. he ……… (cook) until12 o’clock. she ……… (fry) fish when the pan caught fire. he was tired. he ……… (drive) all day. he ……… (watch) tv when his wife came home. he ……… (ski) when he fell over and broke his leg. he ……… (ski) all day. he was exhausted. she went to the doctor. her leg ……… (ache) for two days. while i ……… (get) dressed the bell rang. fiona ……… (work) as a clerk for 10 years before she resigned. tom ……… (work) as a shop assistant in a book shop when i first met him.

1. had been cooking 2. was frying 3. had been driving 4. was watching 5. was skiing 6. had been aching 7. was getting 8. had been working 9. was working

After school i 'm going to quickly and hurry home. today dad comes home early , and our whole family will dine together. this family night is not every day. i come back from school. mom at home and preparing dinner , my younger sister is helping her . dad comes home from work , we sit down to supper.    during dinner, we not only eat but also speak. my sister and i talk about our affairs in the school about what they do during the day . pope talks about his work and about something else interesting . listen mother - a pleasure ! stories and events that she describes are very funny. dinner ends with tea . i love those evenings. they are fun , funny . but the dinner was over. and i 'm in a good mood to do homework . time to sleep remains a bit , but i have time to make something out of lessons. so ends our family evenings .

My mother is the best person i have ever met in my life.  first of all i want to tell you that my mother's name is irina and she is 37. her height is nearly 164 cm. but she'd like to be a bit taller. well, she is not slim but  she is  not fat either.    my mother  has a round face as everyone has, a bit long nose and big cheerful grey eyes. her skin is a bit pale but she likes this fact, she doesn't like ruddy faces. she has no  freckles as my friend nina has. her forehead is open. i think my mother has a charming smile.    her hair isn't very short but it's not long either. it is  straight and  black. she has rich hair.  i think that she looks like her father. my mother is very kind and friendly, she knows everything and she is very helpful. she can help everyone. i lave her very much.