Past Continuous

Positive

I He She	was	working.
We You They	were

Question

Were	you we they	working?
Was	I he she

Negative

I He She	wasn’t	working.
We You They	weren’t

Short answer Positive

Yes,	I	was.
	we they	were.
	you	were.
	he she	was.

Short answer Negative

No,	I	wasn’t.
	we they	weren’t.
	you	weren’t.
	he she	wasn’t.

The past continuous is used:

• in contrast with the past simple

• to describe events happening at a specific time

We were camping in France when forest fires broke out.

What were you doing at ten o’clock last night?

I was having coffee with a fried.

Some men were playing ‘boules’.

For a list of verbs which are not normally used in the continuous tenses, see the present continuous section of this Language review.

Past Perfect

Positive

I’d (had) gone.

Negative

I hadn’t gone

Question

Had I gone?

Short answer Positive

Yes, you had.

Short answer Negative

No, you hadn’t

. The past perfect is used:

• to describe an event which occurred

before another in the past

• in reported statements

• in reported questions

• When he arrived at the station, the train had left.

She said (that) she had met him a year ago.

They asked her why she had gone to the grocer’

Литература

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1 заполни пропуски, выбери правильный ответ, закончи предложение и т.д.

1 Fresher - первокурсник

Sophomore –второкурсник,

Senior student-студент старших курсов,

Undergraduate-студент последнего курса,

Part-time student-студент заочного или вечернего отделения

1 Spenser, Edmund: a 16^th century English poet

1 Англо-Саксонский Кроникал (вестник)

2 Ричард Львиное Сердце

1название английской газеты

1 Most children in England and Wales follow this route in the state system

Age3Some go to nursery school5Everyone starts primary school11Pupils go to a secondary school (Am.Eng = high school)16They leave school and get a job, or go to a college vocational(=job) training, or stay at school for two more years18They leave school and get a job or go to university or to a college

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