Past Perfect vs. Past Perfect Progressive — Lückentext 3

Entscheide: Past Perfect Simple oder Past Perfect Progressive?

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1. He looked pale. Clearly, he well. (not: sleep)
   → He looked pale. Clearly, he had not been sleeping well. (anhaltender Schlafmangel vor dem Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit mit sichtbarer Folge → Past Perfect Progressive)
2. By the time the fire brigade arrived, the fire to three rooms. (spread)
   → By the time the fire brigade arrived, the fire had spread to three rooms. (abgeschlossenes Ergebnis vor einem Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit → Past Perfect)
3. She admitted that she to him for months. (lie)
   → She admitted that she had been lying to him for months. (for months = andauerndes Verhalten über eine Zeitspanne → Past Perfect Progressive)
4. I noticed she her hair — it was much shorter. (cut)
   → I noticed she had cut her hair — it was much shorter. (abgeschlossenes Ergebnis mit sichtbarer Wirkung → Past Perfect)
5. The students were exhausted — they all night. (revise)
   → The students were exhausted — they had been revising all night. (all night = anhaltender Prozess mit erschöpfender Folge → Past Perfect Progressive)
6. He did not know the answer even though he the chapter carefully. (study)
   → He did not know the answer even though he had studied the chapter carefully. (abgeschlossene Handlung vor einem Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit → Past Perfect)
7. When the inspector arrived, someone with the evidence. (tamper)
   → When the inspector arrived, someone had been tampering with the evidence. (andauernder Prozess kurz vor dem Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit → Past Perfect Progressive)
8. She how much time had passed. (not: realise)
   → She had not realised how much time had passed. (abgeschlossene Erkenntnis, die nicht eingetreten war → Past Perfect)
9. By then, they for so long that neither of them remembered how it started. (argue)
   → By then, they had been arguing for so long that neither of them remembered how it started. (for so long = anhaltender Prozess über eine lange Zeitspanne → Past Perfect Progressive)
10. He was shocked — no one ever him the truth. (tell)
    → He was shocked — no one had ever told him the truth. (ever = Lebenser­fahrung bis zu einem Zeitpunkt in der Vergangenheit → Past Perfect)
11. She could smell the food — someone in the kitchen. (cook)
    → She could smell the food — someone had been cooking in the kitchen. (sinnlich wahrnehmbare Folge eines gerade beendeten Prozesses → Past Perfect Progressive)
12. After the team three matches in a row, everyone expected them to win the final. (win)
    → After the team had won three matches in a row, everyone expected them to win the final. (zuerst abgeschlossenes Ergebnis vor der nächsten Handlung → Past Perfect)