Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в форме Past Continuous Tense

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An Embarrassing Incident

One day last summer I was walking through the local park. It was a hot day and I was eating an ice cream. As I was walking past the boating lake, I saw my friends, Carol and Jim. They were taking their dog for a walk. When we met, we stopped for a chat. While we were talking, the dog suddenly jumped up and tried to get my ice cream. I pulled my hand away and unfortunately the ice-cream came out of the cone. Now there was a bald man behind me. The poor man wasn't doing any harm. He was just sitting on a bench and reading a newspaper. Well, when I pulled my hand away, the ice cream flew through the air and it landed on the man's head. I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. When I looked at my friends, they weren't just laughing, they were in hysterics. But I was terribly embarrassed.

1. Where was the man walking one day?

2. What was he eating?

3. Who was taking a dog for a walk?

4. Was a bald man sitting on a bench or walking along the road?

5. The poor man wasn't doing any harm, was he?

6. I wonder why Carol and Jim were laughing?

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в форме Past Continuous Tense.

1. This morning was really beautiful. The sun (shine), the birds (sing) and everyone in the street (smile) and (say) hello to each other.

2. Mrs Patrik looked beautiful last night. She (wear) a lovely evening dress.

3. When we arrived, she (make) some coffee.

4. While I (have) a bath the telephone rang.

5. While we (walk) in the park it began to rain.

6. He wind (blow) and the rain (beat) down. John (stand) at the bus stop shivering. He (try) to imagine being at home sitting by a warm fire. Finally he saw the lights of the bus which (approach) from the distance.

7. At 3 o'clock yesterday a geometry lesson (go) on. The teacher (draw) diagrams on the blackboard but I (look) through the window and heard nothing. I (think) about the coming New Year's party.

8. She promised not to report me to the police but ten minutes later I saw that she (talk) with a policeman and from the expression on his face I understood that she (tell) him about me.

9. The dentist's waiting room was full of people. Some (read) magazines, others just (turn) over the pages. A woman (knit), a child (play) with a toy car. Everybody (wait) for the nurse to say "Next, please".

10. I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn) brightly when Jane came in.

11. - The house next to yours was full of policemen and police dogs yesterday. - What they (do)? - I heard that they (look) for drugs.

12. "What you (do) between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday?" asked the detective. "I (clean) my house", said Mrs Jones. "I always clean my house at this time"

Past Continuous упражнения

Past Continuous — это одно из наиболее распространенных прошедших времен в английском языке. Его принадлежность к группе Continuous говорит о том, что действие было длительным, то есть продолжалось в течение какого-то времени в прошлом. Для закрепления навыков его употребления в английском языке, предлагаем вам ряд заданий.

Past Continuous. Упражнение 1

Вот список того, что Кристина делала вчера (и время, в течение которого она совершала данные действия). Напишите рассказ о вчерашнем дне Кристины с подробностями, используя время Past.

Пример:

8:50-9:10 have breakfast. – At nine o’clock Christina was having her breakfast.

Past Continuous. Упражнение 2

Группа людей остановилась в отеле. Однажды вечером раздался сигнал пожарной тревоги. Используйте глаголы слова в скобках, чтобы составить предложения, в которых будет рассказано о том, что каждый из людей делал в тот момент, когда прозвучал сигнал тревоги.

Пример:

(Chris/have/his/dinner) – Chris was having his dinner.

1. (Jack/talk/his friend/telephone).

2. (Jacob/send/the e-mail/his girlfriend).

3. (Ann/watch/TV).

4. (Robert/listen/to the radio).

5. (Kate/have/a bath).

6. (Angel/do/gymnastics).

7. (Grace/play/cards/with Angela).

8. (Peter and Hugh/drink/whisky).

Past Continuous. Упражнение 3

Составьте предложения, используя слова в скобках. Поставьте глаголы в правильную форму, выбрав между Past Simple – простым прошедшим временем (I did) и Past Continuous – прошедшим длительным временем (I was doing).

Пример:

(I/fall asleep/when/listen/to the music) – I fell asleep when I was listening to the music yesterday evening.

1. (Mother/come/home/when/I/do/my homework).

2. (When/he/clean/his flat/the phone/ring).

3. (It/begin/to snow/when/Ann/walk home).

4. (Peter/play/computer game/when/his father/call).

5. (Grace and Page/watch/an interesting movie/when/their friends/arrive).

6. (When/Bella/return/her daughter/play/with her dolls).

Past Continuous. Упражнение 4

Поставьте глаголы в скобках в правильную форму, выбрав между прошедшим простым временем и прошедшим длительным (временами Past).

Пример:

Jack … (fall) off the bicycle while he … (ride) it in the fields. – Jack fell off the bicycle while he was riding it in the fields.

1. While Chris … (cook) the dinner, the cell phone … (ring).

2. Last morning … (read) the newspaper in the kitchen when suddenly I … (hear) the scream of my neighbor in the yard.

3. When he … (call) you, you … (watch) your favorite cartoon.

4. Jack … (wait) for Christina when she … (arrive).

5. When the accident … (happen), Peter (not/drive) very fast.

6. Kate … (break) a cup last evening. She … (do) the washing up.

7. Brandon … (take) a photograph of Christen when she … (not/look).

8. Keith and Rachel … (not/go out) because it … (snow) heavily outside.

9. What … (do) your mother yesterday morning in this time.

10. Mike … (see) Elena at the party. She … (wear) a very beautiful dress, it was hard not to see her.

Past Continuous. Упражнение 5

Переведите текст из данного задания на английский язык, обращая внимание на использование форм прошедшего времени (форм Past).

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