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kind were brought into the ark. After forty days, when the rain had stopped, they left theark, which was on Mount Ararat.1. Who ___?2. What ___?3. Why ___?4. How ___?5. What kind of ___?6. When ___?7. How long ___?Ivan Aivazovsky. Noah comes down Mount AraratArticles4. Fill in the gaps with a or the where necessary.1. We can go by ____ car if you want.2. I am not in ____ hurry. I’ll wait for you.3. It’s ____ pleasure to do business with him.4. I shall never forget ____ time spent in London.5. She lives on _____ second floor of an old house.6. Rome is _____ capital of Italy.7. I will meet her at ____ station in ____ week.8. He is _____ very honest man.9. I like _____ tea, but I don’t like _____ coffee.5. Fill in a or the where necessary.1. San Utopics which is ____ capital of Utopia is ____centre of ____government.2. ____ Utopian Parliament has 300 members.3. Cabinet ministers are ____ people who really govern _____country.4. ____ Utopia has 17 parties which are all very different.5. Every four or five years ____ general election is held.6. ____ last election which took place five years ago was won by theDemocratic Party.Explanation: Past Perfect ContinuousWe use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past andcontinued up until another time in the past. ‘For five minutes’,’for two weeks’ and ‘howlong’ can be used with the Past Perfect Continuous. Notice that this is related to thePresent Perfect Continuous; however, the duration does not continue until now, it stopsbefore something else in the past.44