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Past Continuous
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| A F F I R M A T I V E | I wasplaying. He wasplaying. She wasplaying. It wasplaying. We wereplaying. You wereplaying. They wereplaying. |
| I N T E R R O G A T I V E | (How well)Was I playing? Washeplaying? – Yes, he was. / No, he was not. Wasshe playing? – Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t. Wasitplaying? Wereweplaying? Wereyouplaying? – Yes, we were. / No, we were not. Weretheyplaying? – Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t. |
| N E G A T I V E | I was not playing. (I wasn’t playing.) He was notplaying. (He wasn’t playing.) … She was notplaying. It was notplaying. We were notplaying. (We weren’t playing.) You were notplaying. (You weren’t playing)… They were notplaying. |
I. Past Continuous обозначает действие, которое совершалось в определённый момент времени в прошлом. Неважно, закончилось действие или нет, было ли оно прервано. Важно, что началось оно когда-то раньше, и в тот момент оно было в процессе.
Момент времени может быть обозначен:
1) указанием на точку времени;
Напр.: What were you doing at six o’clock yesterday evening? – I was making dinner.
2) указанием на период времени;
Напр.: This time last year she was having a holiday.
3) другим, более коротким действием.
Напр.: When I got up this morning the sun was shining, the birds were singing …
II. Так же, как Present Continuous в настоящем, Past Continuous может передавать раздражение, особенно в сочетании со словами always и continually.
Напр.: I didn’t like him – he was always borrowing money.
LANGUAGE USE
Exercise 35. a) What were these people doing at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon?
What weren’t they doing?
Helen – watch TV
George – play tennis
Steve and Mary – work
Nancy – edit
The students – have an English class
B) What were and weren’t you doing at these times yesterday? Write true facts.
7 am 11: 30 am 1pm 5: 45 pm midnight
Exercise 36. 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
GRAMMAR
PAST CONTINUOUS vs PAST SIMPLE
1. Past Continuous описывает более продолжительное фоновое действие.
Past Simple – более короткое действие, которое произошло на фоне действия в Past
Continuous или прервало его.
Напр.: My cousin called while 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.