Прошедшее длительное время

(The Past Continuous Tense)

Время Past Continuous обозначает действия, которые происходили или не происходили в точно указанное время в прошлом. Признаками этого времени являются: at 6 o'clock в 6 часов, when she саmе... когда она пришла, from 6 till 7 o'clock с 6 до 7 часов, the whole evening целый вечер, while в то время как, пока.

Время Past Continuous образуется: to be (was, were) глагол + -ing.

We were watching TV yesterday at five. – Мы смотрели телевизор вчера в пять.

Проанализируйте образование вопросительных и отрицательных предложений: When my mother came home, I was reading my book. – Когда мама пришла домой, я читал книгу.

Were you reading your book when your mother came home? – Ты читал свою книгу, когда мама пришла домой?

I was not reading my book when my mother came home. – Я не читал книгу, когда мама пришла домой.

Обратите внимание на следующие предложения, не путайте употребление времен в них:

My mother came home at 6 о'clock yesterday.Моя мама пришла домой в шесть вчера. – В данном предложении употреблено время Past Simple,так как действие однократное.

My mother was cooking dinner at 6 yesterday.Мама готовила ужин в шесть. – В данном предложении употреблено время Past Continuous,так как действие было в процессе.

Past Continuous – это не время, которое выражает действия, которые долго протекают, – это время, которое выражает действия, протекающие в точно указанный момент. Поэтому неверно будет сказать:

She was traveling for a long time. - Она путешествовала долгое время.

She was studying in London for three years. - Она училась в Лондоне в течении трех лет.

В данных предложениях необходимо употребить время Past Simple,
т. е. предложения будут звучать следующим образом:

She traveled for a long time.

She studied in London for three years.

Exercises

Here is a page from Mr Cook's diary.

8.00 - collect the car from the garage

10.30 - meet the manager

2.00 - lunch with Peter

4.30-5.30 - visit the dentist

7.30 - the organ concert at the Cathedral

10.00 - walk the dog

11.00 - drive Mother home

Write sentences saying what he was doing at these times:

At 8 o'clock he was collecting the car from the garage.

At 10.45 he...

At 2.20...

At 5 o'clock...

At 8 o'clock...

At 10.05...

At 11.10...

One evening there was some gun shooting in the park near your house. Use the words in brackets to make sentences saying what each member of the family was doing at the time.

Model: Don / have / a bath. - Don was having a bath.

1. Mother / cook / in the kitchen. - Mother ….

2. Father / make / a phone call. - Father ….

3. I / get ready to go out. - I ….

4. My sister / wash some clothes. - My sister ….

Answer the questions using when and the verb of the subordinate clause in Past Continuous.

Model: When did she meet Helen? (walk along the street)

- She met Helen when she was walking along the street.

1. When did you catch that cold? (skate on a frosty day)

2. When did he write those nice poems? (have a holiday)

3. When did she learn the language? (live in England)

4. When did she hear that song? (listen to the concert on the radio)

5. When did you buy that book? (read up for my exams)

6. When did the boy hurt himself? (ride the bicycle)

7. When did Philip lose his camera? (walk about the city)

8. When did he ring you up? (have supper)

Make sentences from the words in brackets. Put the verbs into the correct form, Past Simple or Past Continuous.

Model: He / come / when / I / clean / my flat. - He came when I was cleaning my flat.

1. the postman / bring / the letter / when / I / have / breakfast. - The postman …

2. it / start / to snow / when / I / go / downstairs. -...

3. the doorbell / ring / when / they / enter / dining room. - …


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