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<span>The correct answer is A. The passage is an extended metaphor that uses the source domain of a bird soaring in to represent the target domain of having a sudden realisation. Birds are often used metaphorically to represent freedom, so this could link to the freedom that comes with realising something about himself or his life.</span>
Answer:
Natasha had <u>been waiting</u> for half an hour before her friend arrived.
Explanation:
The tense we are looking for here is the past perfect continuous. It shows that an action that started in the past continued up until another moment or action in the past. In this particular sentence, we have two actions: Natasha waiting, followed by her friend arriving. As both actions took place in the past, one before the other, we have to use the combination of the past perfect (in this case continuous) and past (simple) tense.
Construction of the past perfect continuous tense: had been + the verb's present participle (root + -ing).
Tybalt, a Capulet, says this to Benvolio, a Montague, in act 1, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet. The insult begins a brawl between the two families.
