IV. Read the joke.
Williams, a businessman, always wanted to outdo his friend Owen Hill who was a businessman too, but he could never do it.
When he went on holiday to France, Owen went to Italy. When he bought a small comfortable house in the country, Owen bought an attractive house in France. When he bought a small car, Owen bought the latest model of Rolls-Royce.
One day Williams bought a telephone for his car. When he wanted to clarify some matters with Owen, he phoned him from his car:
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May I speak to Mr Hill, please?
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Hill is here.
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Hello, Owen. I’m speaking from my car to make an appointment with you.
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Hello, Williams. I’m speaking from my car, too. Can you hold on a moment? I’m speaking on the other line.
Is it a sort of competition? What’s your point of view?
Unit 10 The Past Continuous Tense Прошедшее длительное время
Образование:
to be2 (was/were) + Ving
To be в форме прошедшего времени (was, were) и причастия настоящего времени (V + ing)
Утвердительная форма: Отрицательная форма: Вопросительная форма
I was working I was not working Was I working?
You were working You were not working Were you working?
H
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He
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She was working She was not working Was she working?
It It it
We were working We were not working Were we working?
You were working You were not working Were you working?
They were working They were not working Were they working?
Употребление
The Past Continuous Tense выражает прошедшее действие в процессе его совершения, т.е. незаконченное длительное действие. На русский язык переводится прошедшим временем глагола несовершенного вида.
The Past Continuous Tense употребляется для выражения:
a) для выражения длительного действия происходящего в определенный момент в прошлом;
It was raining when I left the house. - Шел дождь, когда я вышел из дома.
What was he doing at that moment? - Что он делал в тот момент?
When he came in I was looking through a book of his early sketches. – Когда он вошел, я просматривала книгу его ранних набросков.
At 6 o’clock just as I was leaving to pick up Eve, Carol rang. – В 6 часов, как раз когда я уходил за Евой, позвонила Кэрол.
b) для выражения длительного действия, которое совершалось в истекшем отрезке времени, хотя и не происходило непрерывно в течение этого периода времени;
He was preparing for his exams in June. - Он готовился к экзаменам в июне.
Этот момент в прошлом может быть определен следующими обозначениями времени: