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8. Study and learn the rule. The Past Continuous Tense (Прошедшее продолженное время)

Past Continuous употребляется для выражения законченного действия, которое совершалось в какой-то точно указанный момент или период времени в прошлом. В данном случае, как правило, в предложении содержит-ся указание на час или отрезок времени, в течение которого совершалось действие.

Период времени в прошлом может быть указан

а) Обстоятельствами времени, такими как all day long yesterday – весь день вчера; all the time last week – все время на прошлой неделе; the whole evening two days ago – весь вечер два дня назад; at five oclock yesterdayв пять часов вчера, from ... to last Monday – от ... до в прошлый понедельник и др.

It was raining all day yesterday. Вчера целый день шел дождь.

б) другим действием, выраженным глаголом в Past Simple: My son was sleeping, when I came home yesterday.

Мой сын спал, когда я пришел домой вчера. Прошедшее продолженное время может употребляться для выражения двух или более параллельных действий, происходивших одновременно:

While he was looking through the letters, I was typing. Пока он просматривал письма, я печатал.

Утвердительная и отрицательная формы

Вопросительная форма

Краткие ответы

I

he

she

it

was

was not

(wasn’t)

V+ing

Was

I

he

she

it

V+ing?

Yes, No

I

he

she

it

was

wasn’t

we

you

they

were

were not

(weren’t)

Were

we

you

they

Yes, No

we

you

they

were

weren’t

The Past Continuous Tense образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to be в прошедшем времени (was/ were) и причастия I смыслового глагола.

9. Answer the following questions. Say what people were doing at the time mentioned.

Example A: What were you doing yesterday morning? (to have an English lesson)

Yesterday morning I was having an English lesson.

  1. What was Fred doing at 7.30 this morning? (to get ready for the trip).

  2. What were the children doing all Sunday afternoon? (to ski)

  3. What was your daughter doing at 8 last night? (to watch a children's program)

  4. What were your family doing the whole Saturday? (to sunbathe on the seaside)

  5. What were Peter and John doing in the afternoon? (to fish)

  6. What was your chief doing at 2 today? (to send a e-mail)

  7. What were you and your colleagues doing all the morning? (to file the program on the disc)

  8. What was the secretary doing from 9 till 11 today? (to type business letters)

Example B: Was your son sleeping when you came home yesterday? (to get ready for bed No, he wasn’t. He was getting ready for bed.

  1. Was Mary having breakfast when you rang her up? (to wash up)

  2. Was your son doing his homework when your wife came back from work? (to listen to the records)

  3. Were you going to work when I met you in the street yesterday? (to go to the cinema)

  4. Were they still skiing when it started snowing? (to go home)

  5. Were your colleagues working when you entered the office? (to have coffee)

Example C: What were you doing on Sunday when it was raining? (to get ready for my lecture) When it was raining I was getting ready for my lecture.

  1. What were you doing while your children were doing their homework? (to work at my report)

  2. What were they listening to when we were packing the things? (the latest news)

  3. What was Jimmy reading while he was waiting for you? (a journal)

  4. What were they doing when it was snowing yesterday? (to drive home)

  5. Who were you waiting for while I was having a talk with the professor? (to wait for his secretary).