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piano at that time? 6. Were they walking home at eight?
1. What was I doing when he entered the room? 2. What was he
drawing the whole evening? 3. What was she learning from 7 till 9? 4.
What were we listening to at seven o'clock? 5. What were you looking
for at that time? 6. What were they speaking about when she rang you
up?
Exercise 78.
1. a) Was she standing alone before the fife? b) She was not standing
alone before the fire.'
2. a) Were they crossing the street at the wrong place? b) They
were not crossing the street at the wrong place.
3. a) Was I listening to their conversation? b) I was not listening to
their conversation.
4. a) Were they talking about our party? b) They were not talking
about our party.
5. a) Was George preparing for his examination the whole day? b)
George was not preparing for his examination the whole day.
6. a) Was she playing the piano when you came in? b) She was not
playing the piano when you came in.
7. a) Were the children doing their homework at six? b) The children
were not doing their homework at six.
8. a) Was their son going to be a painter? b) Their son was not
going to be a painter.
Exercise 79.
1. The man was standing near the door. 2. Tom was telling a story.
3. The children were swimming in the river. 4. Was Mary wearing a
white dress? 5. She was going to the cinema. 6. They were not working
in the garden. 7. We were not sitting by the window. 8. The workers
were building a bridge. 9. The girl was trying on a dress. 10. The old man
was speaking in a low voice.
Exercise 80.
1. was coming; 2. was helping; 3. were searching; were; 4. was crying;
5. was standing; 6. was digging; 7. was dancing; 8. was playing; 9.
was... playing; was digging; 10. was cooking; 11. was ringing; 12.
were... eating.
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Exercise 81.
Ask me:
1. Were you having supper when I rang you up? 2. Was Ann cooking
when you came to her place? 3. Was it raining the whole day yesterday?
4. Was it snowing when you got off the trolleybus. 5. What
were you doing at three o'clock yesterday? 6. What' were you writing
when I entered the room? 7. What were you thinking about when I
asked you this question? 8. What were your pupils doing when you
came into the classroom? 9. What were you doing the whole day yesterday?
10. What was your son doing when you came home last night?
Exercise 82.
1. What was the man doing when somebody knocked at the door?
2. What was he waiting for? 3. Who was skating? 4. When were the
students dancing? 5. What was the girl eating when we came in? 6.
Whom was she looking after? 7. What were the pupils discussing? 8.
When was the man passing the theatre? 9. When was it snowing? 10.
How was the boy running?
Exercise 83.
1. Yes, I was watching television at ten o'clock last night. Yes, Iliked
the programme. 2. Yes, I did my homework yesterday. No, I was not
doing it the whole evening. 3. The pupils were writing a composition
when the teacher came into the classroom-. 4. My mother was cooking
when I came home yesterday. 5. Yes, it rained yesterday. Yes, it was raining
when I went out.
Exercise 84.
1. We were going to spend our holidays at a camp. 2. She was going
to visit the picture gallery. 3. 1 was going to call on him on Sunday. 4.
His son was going to enter an agricultural college. 5. The tractor driv er
was going to buy a car. 6. They were going to congratulate him. 7.
We were going to take a taxi. 8. They were going to send their son to
Oxford. 9. We were going to buy ice cream for dessert. 10. 1 thought
you were going to find a new job-
Exercise 85.*
A: Did you visit your friend last night?, -
B. Yes, I did.
* — можливі й інші варіанти відповідей
