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X. Retell the text b using the following words and

word-combinations:

factor of production; capital; production of goods and services; durable input; a produced factor of production; output; capital goods; financial capital; at the same time; to take place; land; labour; capital; the process of creating goods and services; entrepreneurship; the managerial or organizational skills; to produce goods and services; entrepreneur; to bring together; to earn profits; innovative ideas and efforts; to suffer losses.

Grammar exercises The Past Continuous Tense

I. Give short and full answers:

1. Were you preparing your homework at six o’clock yesterday? 2. Were you working hard at your English while you were at school? 3. Were you doing anything at noon? 4. Was your friend waiting for you at ten? 5. Was it snowing all day yesterday? 6. Was your mother cooking dinner the whole morning?

II. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:

Pattern: Robert was having his English at ten.

Was Robert having his English at ten?

Robert wasn’t /was not/ having his English at ten.

They were working in the library from 3 to 5.

Were they working in the library from 3 to 5?

They weren’t /were not/ working in the library from 3 to 5.

1. Tom was preparing for his examination the whole day. 2. They were working quietly. 3. It was raining at noon. 4. She was wearing a hat. 5. His son was going to be a painter. 6. She was speaking too slowly. 7. Peter was hurrying to the canteen when we met him. 8. Father was watching TV when the phone rang.

III. Answer the following questions:

1. What were you doing when I entered the classroom? 2. Were you studying English grammar? 3. What were you doing at three o’clock yesterday? 4. What were you doing when I rang you up? 5. Whom were you speaking to when I saw you? 6. What was your mother doing when you returned home? 7. Was it raining the whole day yesterday? 8. What were you thinking about when I asked you these questions?

IV. 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 a TV programme the whole evening. 5. It was snowing when we went out. 6. The teacher was correcting papers at her desk. 7. She was looking after her little brother. 8. They were talking about Margaret.

V. 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. They were having their holidays when ... . 9. What were you doing while ... ? 10. We were returning home when ... . 11. While she was quarrelling with him ... . 12. It was going to rain when ... .

VI. Complete the disjunctive questions:

1. The students were discussing an article, ... ? 2. It was snowing heavily all day long, ... ? 3. Father wasn’t watching television at that time, ... ? 4. Peter was hurring to the canteen, ... ? 5. The children weren’t playing in the yard, ... ? 6. They were crossing the street at the wrong place, ... ? 7. You were making a fire when it began to rain, ... ? 8. Olga was preparing for her exams in May, ... ?