13.3 Прошедшее продолженное время (Past Progressive)

Образуется следующим образом:

was(were) + Ving

We are playing tennis. - We were playing tennis.

Прошедшее продолженное время употребляется для описания длящегося действия в прошедшем:

I was studying when Frank called. – Я занимался, когда позвонил Франк.

Т. е. я начал заниматься в 6 pm. Франк позвонил мне в 6:30. В момент его звонка я все еще занимался. После его звонка я продолжил свое занятие.

"Ключевые" слова: at that moment, at that time, while, etc.

Упражнение 1.Выберите правильную форму глагола.

1) Suzanne ____ to school when it began to rain. She got very wet.

walked was walking

2) Ferris ____ English for two hours last night because he had a test today.

studied was studying

3) My friend lives in Korea, but he ____ California when I met him.

visited was visiting

4) Lee ____ from Korea. His hometown is Seoul.

came was coming

5) ____ you ___ a new notebook?

Did...buy Were...buying

6) ____ you ___ to the store when the accident happened?

Did...go Were...going

7) Sylvia and Mary ___ friends. They liked to go shopping at the mall together.

were were being

8) One day, they ____ lunch at the mall when they saw a thief.

were eating ate

9) The thief ____ into a woman's purse when Sylvia screamed and pointed at him.

was reaching reached

10) When Sylvia screamed, the thief ___ away. Fortunately, the police caught him outside the mall.

was running ran

13.4 Будущее продолженное время (Future Progressive)

Обозначает действие, которое происходит в определенный момент в будущем. Если в предложении есть конструкция "when" +настоящее простое время, то будущее продолженное описывает действие которое начнется до и, скорей всего, будет продолжаться после действия в настоящем простом времени:

The clerk will be weighing the bananas when you return.

Образуется будущее продолженное (Future Progressive) по формуле:

will + be + Ving.

We buy groceries. - We will be buying groceries.

Упражнение 1. Продолжите предложения, употребив будущее продолженное время. Например:

I’m going to watch television from 9 until 10 o’clock this evening. So at 9.30 I will be watching television.

1. Tomorrow afternoon I’m going to play tennis from 3 o’clock until 4.30. So, at 4 o’clock tomorrow I .

2. Jim is going to study from 7 o’clock until 10 o’clock this evening. So at 8.30 this evening he .

3. We are going to clean the flat tomorrow. It will take from 9 until 11 o’clock. So at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning .

А теперь задайте вопрос, употребив будущее продолженное.

Например: You want to borrow your friend’s bicycle this evening.

(you/use/your bicycle this evening?)

Will you be using your bicycle this evening?

1. You want your friend to give Tom a message this evening .

(you/see/your bicycle this evening?)

2. You want to use your friend’s typewriter tomorrow evening.

(you/use/your typewriter tomorrow evening?)

3. Your friend is going shopping. You want him/her to buy some stamps for you at the post office.

(you/pass/the post office when you’re in town?)