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Past Continuous






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.

 


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