Образование Past Continuous

Утвердительные предложения:

I was playing.	We were playing.
You were playing.	You were playing.
He / she / it was playing.	They were playing.

Вопросительные предложения:

Was I playing?	Were we playing?
Were you playing?	Were you playing?
Was he / she / it playing?	Were they playing?

Отрицательные предложения:

I was not playing.	We were not playing.
You were not playing.	You were not playing.
He / she / it was not playing.	They were not playing.

2. Для того, чтобы поставить глагол в форму Past Continuous, нужен вспомогательный глагол to be в прошедшем времени и причастие настоящего времени (Participle I) смыслового глагола.

3. To be в прошедшем времени имеет две формы:

was – 1 и 3 лицо ед. ч. (I was smoking. He was eating.)

were – 2 лицо ед. ч. и все формы мн. ч. (They were laughing.)

4. В вопросительном предложении вспомогательный глагол выносится на место перед подлежащим, а значимый глагол остается после него:

Were you sleeping when I called? Ты спал, когда я позвонил?

5. В отрицательных предложениях за вспомогательным глаголом следует отрицательная частица not. Формы was и were при этом могут быть сокращены до wasn’t и weren’t соответственно.

In the morning our elevator was not (wasn’t) working. Утром не работал лифт.

6. Случаи употребления Past Continuous

Указание на процесс, происходивший в конкретный момент времени в прошлом:

I was sleeping when someone knocked at the door. Когда я спал, кто-то постучал в дверь.

Сравните употребление Present Continuous (действие протекает в момент речи) и Past Continuous (действие протекало в определенный момент в прошлом)

1. Напишите, что вы делали вчера:

1. At 9 o’clock…. 2. At 9.30 … 3. At 11 o’clock… 4. At 1 o’clock … 5. At three o’clock … 6. At 5 o’clock … 7. At 7 o’clock … 8. At 9 o’clock … 9. At 10 o’clock …

2. Поставьте предложения в вопросительную и отрицательную форму.

1. They were playing tennis at 10.30. 2. Ann was cooking dinner at 6 o’clock. 3. He was sitting on the grass and reading a book. 4. Tom was having a bath when the telephone rang. 5. When Tom arrived they were having dinner. 6. Mary was writing a letter in her room. 7. Tom was making a telephone call. 8. They were waiting for the bus. 9. I was painting the wall. 10. She was wearing a really beautiful dress.

3. Раскройте скобки, употребляя гла­голы в Present Continuous или Past Continuous

1.I (to write) an English exercise now. 2. I (to write) an English exercise at this time yesterday. 3. My little sister (to sleep) now. 4 My little sister (to sleep) at this time yesterday. 5. My friends (not to do) their homework now. They (to play) volley-ball. 6. Myfriends (not to do) their home­work at seven o'clock yesterday. They (to play) volley-ball. 7. You (to eat) ice-cream now? 8. You (to eat) ice-cream when I rang you up yesterday? 9. What your father (to do) now? 10. What your father (to do) from eight till nine yesterday?

Сравните употребление Past Simple и Past Continuous Обратите внимание на обстоятельства времени, характерные для Past Continuous:

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