Читайте также:
|
THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
| Positive | Negative | Interrogative |
| I was doing We were doing You were doing You were doing She was doing He was doing It was doing They were doing | I was not doing We were not doing You were not doing You were not doing She was not doing He was not doing It was not doing They were not doing | Was I doing? Were we doing? Were you doing? (What) Were you doing? Was she doing? Was he doing? Was it doing? Were they doing? |
| I wasn’t doing We weren’t doing | Who was doing? You were doing, weren’t you? |
Grammar Reference
1. The Past Continuous Tense is used to denote that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time. (at 6 p.m. yesterday, from 4 till 5 the day before yesterday, when you came, while, the whole evening, just, still)
2. We use the Past Continuous Tense and the Past Simple Tense together to say that something happened in the middle of something else.
Exercise 1
Refer the following action to the past.
Model:
At the moment Pete is taking an exam in Forensic Medicine. (to prepare for)
At this time yesterday Pete was preparing for his exam in Forensic Medicine.
1. Ann is working as a court secretary now. (to train for secretarial work)
________________________________________________________________
2. At the moment Brian is bringing a suit and asking for money damages for some wrong. (to consult his lawyer)
________________________________________________________________
3. Now the jurors are conducting deliberations on the verdict. (to listen to the evidence)
________________________________________________________________
4. At the moment the witness for the prosecution is testifying at the trial. (to present some physical exhibits)
________________________________________________________________
5. Now the judge is passing a sentence. (to decide the law points)
________________________________________________________________
6. The investigators are interrogating the criminal. (to detect the criminal)
________________________________________________________________
7. Now the thief is answering the police officer’s question. (to break into his neighbor’s house)
________________________________________________________________
8. This week we are investigating a shoplifting. (to track down a rapist)
________________________________________________________________
Exercise 2
Ask questions to the following statements. Begin with a given interrogative word (words).
1. At 5 p.m. sharp Helen was researching the subject of the case. (When …)
__________________________________________________________________
2. The attorneys were going to make sure the case is under territorial jurisdiction. (What …)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Mr. Jones was finding out which court has territorial jurisdiction. (What …)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. At that time the district court’s jurisdiction in that matter was exclusive. (When…)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. The lawyers were going to adjudicate the case in the district court. (Where…, Who…)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. The case was under territorial jurisdiction because the court’s power was within the bounds of a particular geographic area. (What…, Why…)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Two witnesses were testifying in favor of our clients. (Whose…, Who…)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. The whole week Ms. Carter was forum shopping to see which court was likely to rule in her client’s favor. (When…, Why…)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. The paralegals were filing the results of the interrogation at that time. (Who…)
__________________________________________________________________
10. The attorney and paralegal were just discussing the status of the documents when the telephone rang. (When…)
________________________________________________________________
Exercise 3
Read and translate the evidence of the man who witnessed a traffic accident. Open the brackets putting the verb into correct tense form. Ask questions using the Past Continuous Tense.
“It (to rain) ________________ heavily as I (to walk)_________________ up the hill towards the station on a Saturday morning. At this early hour there (not to be) ____________ much traffic and there (not to be) ___________________ many people in sight. Just as I (to cross) ___________________ the road near the top of the hill, a car (to come) ___________________ round the corner. It (to travel) _______________ very fast and the driver obviously (to have) _______________ difficulty in controlling it. Suddenly it (to swerve) _________________ violently, (to skid) ___________ on the road, (to hit) _____________ a lamp-post and (to turn) __________________ over. At once I (to ran) ____________ to the car to assist the driver, but he (to be) _______________ unconscious and there (to be) _____________ a lot of blood on his face. A young woman (to hurry) ______________ into the station and (to phone) ________________ for an ambulance while I (to take) _____________ care of the driver. A number of other people (to gather) ___________ round the car, but there (to be) ________ great deal we (can) ____________ do. A policeman (to arrive) ______________ a few minutes later and (to ask) ______________ me a lot of questions about the accident. Shortly afterwards the man (to come) ____________________ round, and he (to groan) _______________ quietly when the ambulance (to arrive) ____________ at high speed and (to rush) ____________ him away to hospital.
On Monday morning I (to go) _________ to the hospital to enquire about the man. They (to tell) _____________________ me that his injuries (to be) ____________ not serious after all and that he rapidly (to get) _____________ over the effects of the accident.” ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 4
Here is a list of some things that Mr. Ivanov, an investigator, did yesterday (and the times at which he was doing them):
8.30 – to look through the previous survey of reported crimes
10.00 - to talk with the divisional inspector
11.00 – to study the results of forensic expertise
12.00 – to have a coffee break
12.30 - to study the life history of the detainee
1.00 - to interrogate the apprehended criminal
2.00 - to have dinner
2.30 – to study the crime scene sketch
4.00 – to visit the crime scene and to interview the eyewitnesses
5.30 – to prepare all the necessary documents to institute the prosecution
Make up sentences with the verbs in the Past Continuous Tense saying what Mr. Ivanov was doing at certain periods of time yesterday.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 5
Read the text putting the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous Tense. Translate it into Russian.
The man with a golden gun
When James Bond (to get) __________ back to his hotel room it (to be) ___________midnight. His windows (to be) ___________ closed and the air-conditioning (to be) ______on. Bond (to switch) ___________it off and (to open) _____________the windows. His heart still (to thump) _______________in his chest. He (to breathe) ____________ in the air with relief, then (to have) ________a shower and (to go) __________to bed.
At 3.30 he (to dream) _____________, not very peacefully, of the three black-coated men with red eyes and angry white teeth, when suddenly he (to wake) ___________up. He (to listen) _____________. There (to be) _________a noise. It (to come) ________________ from the window. Someone (to move) ____________behind the curtains. James Bond (to take) ___________his gun from under his pillow, (to get) ___________ quietly out of bed, and (to creep) ___________ slowly along the wall towards the window. Someone (to breathe) _________ behind the curtains. Bond (to pull) _____________ them back with one quick movement. Golden hair (to shine) ___________silver in the moonlight.
“Mary Goodnight!” Bond (to curse) ______________. He (to ask) ____________ her what she (to do) ___________ there at that time. “Quick, James! Help me in!” she (to whisper) ___________ urgently.
Bond (to put) ____________ down his gun and (to try) __________ to pull her through the open window. When he (to try) ___________ to do that she (to tell) ____________ him that a top KGB man, using the name Hendriks, (to stay) _____________ at the same hotel. And he (to look) ____________for Bond. But Bond had already known about him - it (to be) ________a gunman called Scaramanga.
Then when they (to be) ________going to leave the room, they (to hear) _____________a voice coming from the darkness of the bedroom: “This is not your lucky day, Mr. Bond. Come here both of you. Put your hands behind your necks!”
Scaramanga (to walk) ____________to the door and (to turn) ____________on the lights. His golden gun (to point) __________ directly at James Bond.
Put down questions to the parts of the sentences in bold type.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 6
Open the brackets putting the verbs into the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous Tense.
1. When the plaintiff (to sue) ______________ the company, its director suddenly (to die) _____________ of a heart attack.
2. While the attorney (to forum shop) __________ the defendant and plaintiff (to come) ___________to an agreement.
3. What the judge and the prosecutor (to talk) about when you (to see) them in the room for deliberations?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. The lawyer (to hurry) ___________to file an appeal with the appeals court when the plaintiff (to decide) ______________not to proceed.
5. You (to prepare) ___________for the court hearing when I (to call) _____________you yesterday?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. At that moment there (not to be) ___________any precedents so we (to have) ________________ nothing to refer to.
7. Our economists used to consult the company lawyers but in September they (not to negotiate) _________________with foreign investors and so (not to have) ______________to ask for the lawyers’ advice.
8. Don’t worry. When your counterpart (to come) ____________to me yesterday I (not to write) ______________a selling and buying document for you and he (not to see) _______________anything.
9. While the clerk (to look) ___________for Judge Simpson before the beginning of yesterday’s hearing, the latter (to see) ________________ a defense lawyer - which is strongly forbidden during trials.
10. When we (to leave)_____________ the courtroom the jurors still (to deliberate).________________________
Exercise 7
Translate into English using the Past Continuous and the Past Indefinite Tenses.
1. Адвокат как раз занимался поиском удобного суда, когда узнал еще об одном правонарушении своего клиента.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. В это время господин Джексон давал показания в налоговом суде, он не мог (to be able) совершить это преступление.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Джон требовал возмещения убытков, в то время как его ответчик готовил встречный иск.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Они собирались отправить это дело в гражданский суд, так как у этого суда была предметная юрисдикция.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Мы выбирали судью, который вероятнее всего примет решение в нашу пользу.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Имея параллельную юрисдикцию, предметно-специализированный суд мог рассматривать данное дело, не так ли?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Мы как раз подавали апелляцию в суд, когда ответчик попал в аварию.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Дата добавления: 2015-11-14; просмотров: 53 | Нарушение авторских прав
| <== предыдущая страница | | | следующая страница ==> |
| BRITISH AGRICULTURE | | | Test yourself! |