Join the following sentences. Use the Past Perfect Progressive Tense in the main clause.

1. The Thompsons went to live to Sussex. Six months later their son joined them.
2. We started to play football at about 3. 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 5 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.

2. She said that she was very busy and had not been to the theater for a long time.

3. We said we'd be back in an hour.

4. She said that she could not understand why we changed our mind.

5. She said she didn't know when he was leaving.

6. He told us that he studies in the Public Library every day.

7. She asked me where I live.

8. He asked me if I had read Dickens in the original or in translation.

9. We told him not to wait for us.

10. The secretary told us to call tomorrow.

11. The teacher said that he had never expected such an answer to his question.

12. She asked why no one had told her the news earlier.

13. The doctor told them not to wake the sick child.

14. She asked if I understood what was going on.

15. I asked my sister why she didn’t call me yesterday.

16. Mom asked me how I passed the exam.

НА РУССКОМ:
Каждый человек любит и ценит свой дом и свою семью. Ведь дом считается собственной крепостью, где можно укрыться от любых жизненных невзгод, а люди, которые в нем живут, которые всегда поймут и поддержат в трудную минуту – это и есть семья. И роль ее для каждого из нас огромна. Ведь с семьей связаны все первые ощущения и представления человека, когда он только начинает осознавать окружающий мир. А впоследствии именно в семье формируются такие человеческие понятия как любовь и забота. Недаром семью называют ячейкой общества, малой родиной. В ней формируется человеческая личность, происходит воспитание индивидуума. Поэтому обычно от того, какая у человека была семья, зависит и то, каким он стал. Для меня моя семья – это самое важное в жизни.
НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ:

Everyone loves and values their home and their family. After all, the house is considered its own fortress, where you can hide from any hardships of life, and the people who live in it, who will always understand and support in difficult times - this is the family. And its role for each of us is enormous. After all, all the first sensations and ideas of a person are connected with the family, when he is just beginning to be aware of the world around him. And subsequently, it is in the family that such human concepts as love and care are formed. It is not for nothing that the family is called a unit of society, a small homeland. A human personality is formed in it, an individual is educated. Therefore, it usually depends on what kind of family a person had, what he became. For me, my family is the most important thing in life.
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