Past Continuous Tense

Употребляется для обозначения действия, которое происходит в определенный момент или длится в течение ограниченного периода времени в прошлом. Момент в прошлом обычно обозначается с помощью обстоятельства времени или с помощью другого прошедшего времени.

Was/ were + V ing

e.g. 1. We were dancing in the room from 5 to 6 yesterday.

Were we dancing in the room from 5 to 6 yesterday?

We were not dancing from 5to 6 yesterday.

2.The actor was rehearsing, when the producer came in.

Образование Past Соntinuous Tense

Спряжение глаголов в Past Continuous

число	ли- цо	утвердительная форма	вопросительная форма	отрицательная форма
един		I was asking	Was I asking?	I was not asking
		You were asking	Were you asking?	You were not asking
		He She was asking It	he Was she asking? it	He She was not asking It
множ		We were asking	Were we asking?	We were not asking
		You were asking	Were you asking?	You were not asking
		They were asking	Were they asking?	They were not asking

Past Continuous или Past Simple?

Past Continuous	Past Simple
1) Вираження дії, яка відбувалася в певний момент у минулому: We were going home.— Ми йшли додому. (У певний час ми були на шляху додому.)	1) Позначення завершеної дії в минулому: We went home.— Ми пішли додому. (Це була одноразова чи повторювана дія.)
2) Змалювання пейзажу: The sun was shining. The wind was blowing.— Сяяло сонце. Дув вітер.	2) Перелік послідовних дій у розповіді: We came home. The phone rang suddenly.— Ми прийшли додому. Раптом задзвонив телефон.

Задания.