Continuous Tense.

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Exercise 35. Answer the questions using the verb of the subordinate clause in the Past

PAST CONTINUOUS vs PAST SIMPLE

B) What were and weren't you doing at these times yesterday? Write true facts.

What weren't they doing?

A) What were these people doing at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon?

Exercise 33

Helen - watch TV

George - play tennis

Steve and Mary - work

Nancy - edit

The students - have an English class

7 am 11:30 am 1pm 5:45 pm midnight

Exercise 34. Make up questions using Past Continuous:

1. what / you / do / at 3 o'clock – What were you doing at 3 o'clock?

2. where / he / go / when you saw him –

3. what / she / wear / at the party –

4. they / sleep / at 9 in the morning –

5. why / you / not wait for me / when I came –

6. rain / when they woke up –

1. Past Continuous описывает более продолжительное фоновое действие.

Past Simple – более короткое действие, которое произошло на фоне действия в Past

Continuousили прервало его.

Напр.: My cousin calledwhile I was having a shower.

George broke a cup when he was washing it.

2. Если действия происходили одно за другим и перечисляются в хронологическом порядке, все они употребляются в Past Simple.

Напр.: He got up, washed and dressed.

Обратите внимание!

После союза when может употребляться как Simple, так и Continuous,

после while – только Continuous.

Example: When did she meet her master? ( go by underground)

She met her master when she was going by underground.

1. When did you catch that cold? (shoot a scene on location) ____________________

2. When did he write this script? (have a holiday) _____________________________

3. When did she learn Italian? (visit one's friends in Rome) _______________________

4. When did she hear that song? (work at the music theatre) _____________________

5. When did you buy that camera? (walk about the city) ________________________

6. When did the girl cut her finger? (make dinner) ____________________________

7. When did he lose his keys? (ride a bicycle) _________________________________

8. When did he come to see you? (have supper) _______________________________