Прошедшее продолженное время

Прошедшее продолженное (длительное) употребляется:

1. Для выражения действия, протекавшего в определенный момент в прошлом, который обозначен либо обстоятельством времени, либо другим действием в прошлом. При этом ни начало, ни конец длительного действия неизвестны.

Например: Iwas writing a letter at 5 о 'clock. В 5 часов я писал письмо.

2. Для выражения длительного действия, протекавшего в опре­деленный период времени в прошлом (from six to seven с шести до семи, all day long last Saturday весь день в прошлую субботу, the whole day yesterday весь вчерашний день)

Например:

I was writing a composition the whole day yesterday.

Вчера я целый день писал сочинение.

3. Past Continuous может употребляться для выражения одновре­менных действий, протекавших в прошлом в один и тот же момент. Например: The children were playing while their mother was watching them. Дети играли, в то время как их мать наблюдала за ними.

4. Past Continuous может выражать намерение, относящееся к прошлому, в основном с глаголами движения (to come приходить, to go идти, to leave уезжать и др.). Например: My friend was glad that I was leaving for the South.

Мой друг порадовался, что я собираюсь ехать на юг.

Образование Past Continuous

Past Continuous образуется аналитическим путем из сочетания вспомогательного глагола to be в Past Indefinite и Participle I знаменательного глагола (was/were + working).

Общая таблица спряжения глагола в Past Continuous

Утвердительная форма			Отрицательная форма
I Не She It	was	working	I He She It	was not			working
We You They	were		We You They	were not
Вопросительная форма			Краткие ответы
			утвердительные			отрицательные
Was	I he she it	working	Yes,	I he she it	was	No,	I he she it	was not
Were	we you they			we you they	were		we you they	were not

Упражнения

1. Поставьте следующие предложения в Past Continuous, используя

обстоятельства времени (when I come, at 5 o'clock yesterday, at that moment).

1. The child is sleeping now. 2. She is having a lecture now. 3. The students are preparing for their exams. 4. It is snowing hard. 5. They are waiting for their friends.

2. Ответьте на вопросы, используя выражения из правой колонки по

образцу.

Образец: What were you doing in the restaurant? I was eating dinner.

What was he doing in the office?	to watch TV
What were they doing at the factory?	to play tennis
What was she doing at the chemist's?	to look at the machines
What was he doing at the party?	to dictate letters
What were they doing at the tennis court?	to buy some pills
What was she doing in the living-room?	to have a picnic
What were you doing in Sussex?	to talk to some friends

3. Составьте одно сложное предложение из двух простых по образцу Образец: Jill was playing. Mother came in.

When mother came in, Jill was playing.

1. Nelly was cooking. I rang her up. 2. Mary was knitting a pullover. The neighbors called on her. 3. Alice and Tim were quarrelling. The teacher opened the door. 4.1 was writing a letter. Somebody came up to me. 5. Mike was repairing his car. His wife called him. 6. We were having dinner. There came a knock at the door. 7. Mrs Nelson was watching TV. The light went out.

4. Прочитайте предложения и определите разницу между ними. l.a. He wrote a marketing plan several years ago.

l.b. He was writing a marketing plan several years ago.

2.a. The parachute was opening. Then he hit the ground.

2.b. His parachute opened. Then he hit the ground.

3.a. When the food inspection came, we were throwing all our sour beer away.

3.b. When the food inspection came, we threw all our sour beer away.

5. Раскройте скобки и употребите глаголы в Past Continuous или Past Indefinite.

1. They (wait) for her when she finally (arrive). 2. I (see) Carol at the party. She (wear) a beautiful dress. 3. He (burn) his hand when he (cook) dinner. 4. When I arrived, the lecture had already started and the professor (write) on the overhead projector. 5. I (write) a letter when the lights went out. 6.I (share) a flat with him when we were students. He always (complain) about my untidiness. 7. He suddenly (realize) that he (travel) in the wrong direction.

The Future Continuous Tense