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XVIII. Speak about your flying experience. Grammar exercises Past Continuous

Ex. 1. Insert the auxiliary verbs:

1. … your father fishing all day yesterday? 2. What … he doing at five o’clock yesterday? 3. What … you looking for when I came in? 4. … the students writing a test at that time? 5. During the party Jane … sitting all the time. 6. The children … skating on the pond all day long. 7. John and Mary … taking their exam at five o’clock.

Ex. 2. Put questions to the italicized words:

1. He was waiting for a bus. 2. The man was reading a magazine when somebody knocked at the door. 3. The boy was skating. 4. Nick and Tom were watching TV the whole evening. 5. It was snowing when we went out. 6. She was preparing for her exams the whole day. 7. Peter was hurrying to the canteen when we met him. 8. They were working in the library from 3 to 5 yesterday. 9. He was waiting for her at ten o’clock.

Ex. 3. Complete the sentences in your own way:

1. It was snowing heavily when …. 2. She was sleeping when …. 3. We were listening to music when …. 4. She was having lunch when …. 5. When I saw him, he …. 6. When he opened the door, they …. 7. We were swimming in the river when …. 8. What were you doing while …. 9. We were returning home when …. 10. While she was quarrelling with him ….

Ex. 4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous Tense:

1. It (to rain) hard the whole day yesterday. 2. Who you (to talk) to on the phone when I came in? I (to talk) to Mark. 3. When I first met him he (to work) in a restaurant. 4. She (to stand) at the bus stop. I asked her what bus she (to wait) for. 5. I (to make) a cake when the light went out. 6. I (to walk) home when I met her. 7. Tom burnt his hand when he (to cook) dinner.

Ex. 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Tense or the Past Continuous Tense:

1. I (to go) to the cinema yesterday. 2. I (to go) to the cinema at four o’clock yesterday. 3. I (to go) to the cinema when you met me. 4. I (to do) my homework when my mother came home. 5. I (to do) my homework yesterday. 6. I (to do) my homework from five till seven yesterday. 7. I (to do) my homework at six o’clock yesterday. 8. You (to do) your homework yesterday? 9. You (to do) your homework from eight till ten yesterday? 10. I (not to play) computer games yesterday. 11. I (not to play) computer games at five o’clock yesterday. 12. When I came into the kitchen, mother (to cook). 13. She (to cook) the whole evening yesterday. 14. She (to cook) a very tasty soup yesterday. 15. She (to sleep) when you came home? 16. When I came home yesterday my parents (to watch) TV. 17. He (not to watch) TV yesterday. 18. The children (to watch) TV the whole evening yesterday. 19. When Tom (to cross) the street, he (to fall). 20. When I (to go) to the Institute, I (to meet) my friends. 21. When I (to cook) breakfast in the morning, I (to cut) my finger. 22. When my grandfather (to watch) TV, he (to fall) asleep. 23. I (to begin) to do my homework at eight o’clock yesterday. 24. Father (to watch) TV at eight o’clock yesterday. 25. Father (to come) home at seven o’clock yesterday. 26. When I (to come) to the cinema, my friend (to wait) for me. 27. He (to get up) at seven o’clock yesterday. 28. He (to have breakfast) at 7.30 yesterday. 29. What you (to do) when I rang you up? 30. What he (to do) yesterday?

Ex. 6. Translate into English:

1. Що ти робив вчора весь вечір? – Дивився телевізор. 2. Ми обговорювали це питання, коли він увійшов до офісу. 3. З ким ти вчора розмовляв, коли я зустрів тебе на вулиці? – Із другом. Він приїхав з Одеси два дні тому. Він поспішав до університету, коли я зустрів його. 4. Де ти був о третій годині? Я телефонував тобі, але ніхто не відповів. – Я був в бібліотеці. Я готувався до семінару в цей час. 5. Я повертався додому пізно. Дощу не було, але дув сильний вітер. Коли я прийшов додому, мій молодший брат спав, мама готувала вечерю, а батько дивився телевізор. 6. Коли він прокинувся, його дружина сиділа біля вікна і щось читала. 7. Ольга весь день працювала в саду. 8. Вчора в цей час я читала книгу. 9. Коли я йшов додому, я зустрів Петра. 10. Коли я ввійшов до аудиторії, всі писали контрольну роботу.