The Past Continuous Tense

употребляется для выражения действия, которое происходило в определённый или указанный момент в прошлом. Этот момент в прошлом может быть выражен такими обстоятельствами времени как

at that time – в то время

at … o’clock yesterday – в … часа вчера

from 2 till 5 o’clock – с двух до пяти часов

the whole day – весь день

when … came – когда … пришёл

или другими действиями в форме Past Indefinite либо этот момент понятен по контексту:

We were watching TV at that time. – Мы смотрели телевизор в то время.

Past Continuous Tense образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to be (was/ were) в прошедшем времени и причастия I смыслового глагола I was working, You were working, He was working

Отрицательная форма: He was not working, She was not working, We were not working, You were not working

Вопросительная форма: Was I working? Were you working? Was he working?

УПРАЖНЕНИЕ 1. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Continuous или Past Continuous. Помните, что Present Continuous выражает действие, которое происходит в определённый момент в настоящем, а Past Continuous выражает действие, которое происходило в определённый момент в прошлом.

УПРАЖНЕНИЕ 1. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в одном из следующих времён: Present, Past, Future Indefinite/Simple; Present, Past Continuous/Progressive и проверьте по ключу.

1. Look at the these children: they (to skate) very well. 2. You (to skate) last Sunday? – Yes, we (to skate) the whole day last Sunday. We (to skate) again next Sunday. 3. My brother can skate very well. He (to skate) every Sunday. 4. What you (to do) now? – I (to wash) the dishes. 5. What you (to do) at three o’clock yesterday? – I (to have) dinner. 6. You (to have) dinner now? 7. Where your brother (to work)? – He (to work) at the institute. 8. Your grandmother (to sleep) when you (to come) home yesterday? 9. What your brother (to do) tomorrow? 10. I (not to go) to the shop yesterday. I (to go) to the shop tomorrow. 11. Where Kate (to go) when you (to meet) her yesterday? 12. Every day he (to enter) the office at nine o’clock. Yesterday he (to enter) the office at half past nine. 13. When the secretary (to come) tomorrow? 14. At six o’clock yesterday we (to listen) to a very interesting lecture. 15. When I (to enter) the office, the secretary (to type) some letters.

Ключ:

1. are skating; 2. Did you skate last Sunday? were skating; will skate; 3. skates; 4. What are you doing now? am washing; 5. What were you doing at three o’clock yesterday? was having; 6. Are you having dinner now? 7. Were does your brother work? works; 8. Was your grandmother sleeping when you came home yesterday? 9. What will your brother do tomorrow? 10. did not go; will go; 11. Where was Kate going when you met her yesterday? 12. enters; entered; 13. When will the secretary come tomorrow? 14. were listening; 15. entered; was typing