10 . Present Continuous или Present Simple?

Мы используем Present Simple для: для повседневных рутинных действий или привычек Mary usually goes to work by train постоянных состояний Mrs Morris works as a secretary -

Мы используем Present Continuous для: для действий, происходящих сейчас Tom is cooking dinner at the moment. действий, происходящих в этом сезоне, на этой неделе и пр. She’s studying hard these days.

11. Прошедшее длительное время Past Continuous

was / were + V- ing

1) Past Continuous употребляется:

1) Для выражения длительного действия, совершавшегося в определенный момент в прошлом:

Не was writing his exercises at five o'clock. - Он писал упражнения в пять часов. 2) Этот определенный момент может быть определен другим прошедшим действием, выраженным глаголом в Past Simple:

Не was writing his exercises when I entered the room. - Он писал упражнения, когда я вошел в комнату.

3) При описании обстановки, на фоне которой совершились какие-то действия: It was evening. My wife was reading a book, and I was writing a letter. Suddenly the door opened, and my brother came in. - Был вечер. Моя жена читала книгу, а я писал письмо. Вдруг дверь открылась и вошел мой брат.

4) Для выражения длительного действия, которое совершалось в истекшем отрезке времени, хотя и не происходило непрерывно в течение всего этого отрезка: Не was writing a play during the summer. - Он писал пьесу летом.

5) Когда два длительных действия совершаются одновременно, они оба выражаются или посредством Past Continuous или посредством Past Simple. При употреблении Past Continuous говорящий изображает действие как процесс, а при употреблении Past Simple он лишь констатирует факт совершения действия: While he was having his breakfast, I was reading the newspaper. While he had his breakfast, I read the newspaper. - В то время как он завтракал, я читал газету.

2) Образование Past Continuous

Мы образуем Past Continuous с помощью глагола to be в форме Past Simple – was (для I, he, she, it)/were (для you, we, they) и окончания -ing к основной форме глагола : was/were + V-ing

Утвердительная форма	Вопросительная форма	Отрицательная форма + Принятые сокращения
I was working you were working he was working she was working it was working we were working you were working they were working	Was I working? Were you working? Was he working? Was she working? Was it working? Were we working? Were you working? Were they working?	I was not working (I wasn’t ) you were not working (You weren’t) he was not working (He wasn’t) she was not working (She wasn’t) it was not working (It wasn’t) we were not working (we weren’t) you were not working (you weren’t) they were not working (they weren’t)

3) Выражения, используемые с Past Continuous

at five o'clock yesterday, at noon, at midnight, at that moment, from 3 to 5 yesterday, for 3 hours yesterday, the whole evening, when I came in…