Past Continuous

1.

PAST
CONTINUOUS

2.

Употребление Past
Continuous
1. Действие продолжалось в определенный
момент в прошлом.
- Ben was swimming in the pool at 4 o’clock
2. Мы используем Past Continuous, когда мы
хотим сказать, что какое-то действие
продолжалось, когда второе действие его
прервало.
- I was taking a shower, when you phoned me
3. Когда мы говорим о временной ситуации,
которая длилась прошлом и этот период
назван
- Jessy was studying Spanish in summer
4. Когда мы говорим о двух действиях или о
нескольких, которые продолжались в прошлом
одновременно
- I was writing a letter to my friend in Australia
while ,my wife was cooking dinner

3.

Образование
+
I, he/she,it
Was
You, we, they
Were
Глагол с
окончанием -ing
(Working,
sleeping)
Глагол с
I, he/she,it Was + not окончанием -ing
(Working,
You, we, they Were + not
sleeping)
?
Was
Were
Глагол с
I, he\she, it
окончанием -ing
(Working,
You, we,they
sleeping)

4.

1 exercise

5.

2 exercise
1. I ………… reading a book at 4 o’clock yesterday.
2.You ………. reading a book…
3.He ………. reading a book…
4.We ………. reading a book…
5.She ………. reading a book…
6.They ………. reading a book…

6.

3 exercise - read; clean the room; have lunch; wash the dishes;
watch TV
1.At 9 o’clock she was having breakfast.
2.At 9.30 she…
3.At 11 a.m…
4.At 1 p.m …
5.At 3 p.m …
6.At 5 p.m …

7.

4 exercise
1.When I went out into the garden, the sun ______(to shine).
2.I __________(to eat) ice cream when you met me in the park
yesterday.
3.When I came home, Tom ______ (to speak) over the phone.
4.Somebody got into the room when we ________(to sleep).
5.He saw Jane when she ______ (to cross) the street.
6.He ______(to wait) for Jenny when it started raining.
7.The woman ______(to have) a bath when she felt bad.
8. The man ______(to sit) by the window when he heard the noise.