The Past Continuous

The Past Continuous Tense. Упражнения (уровень 1)

СЛУЧАЙ I. Вспомните! Past Continuous употребляется для выражения длительного действия (процесса), которое происходило в определенный момент времени в прошлом.

Упражнение 2. Заполните пропуски глаголом в Past Continuous, используя правильную форму глагола be.

I ………… reading a book at 4 o’clock yesterday.

You ………. reading a book…

He ………. reading a book…

We ………. reading a book…

She ………. reading a book…

They ………. reading a book…

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Упражнение 3. Перед вами вчерашний список дел Эмили. Напишите, когда и что она делала. Используйте словосочетания:

read; clean the room; have lunch; wash the dishes; watch TV

At 9 o’clock she was having breakfast.

At 9.30 she…

At 11 a.m…

At 1 p.m …

At 3 p.m …

At 5 p.m …

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Упражнение 4. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Continuous или Past Continuous.

I ______ (to write) an English exercise now. I _______ (to write) an English exercise at that time yesterday.

My little sister _______ (to sleep) now. My little sister ________ (to sleep) at that time yesterday.

My friends _______ (not to do) their homework now. They _______ (to play) volleyball.

My friends ______ (not to do) their homework at seven o’clock yesterday. They ______(to play) volleyball.

What _____ you ______ (to do) now? — I _______ (to drink) tea. ______ you ______(to drink) tea at that time yesterday? — No, I ________ (not to drink) tea at this time yesterday, I ________ (to eat) a banana.

Упражнение 5. Заполните пропуски глаголом в Past Continuous и переведите предложения.

When I went out into the garden, the sun ______(to shine).

I __________(to eat) ice cream when you met me in the park yesterday.

When I came home, Tom ______ (to speak) over the phone.

Somebody got into the room when we ________(to sleep).

He saw Jane when she ______ (to cross) the street.

He ______(to wait) for Jenny when it started raining.

The woman ______(to have) a bath when she felt bad.

The man ______(to sit) by the window when he heard the noise.

We _______(to watch TV) when the door bell rang.

She______ (to read) when somebody knocked at the door.

They _____(to talk) about him when he suddenly came in.

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Упражнение 6. Спросите по образцу.

ОБРАЗЕЦ. When did you meet Jerry? I met Jerry when I was walking in the park.

When did you break the window? (play football)

When did she write the story? (fly to London)

When did he catch that butterfly? (go through the fields)

When did you cut your finger? (make dinner)

When did you saw the rainbow? (walk in the garden)

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Упражнение 7. Выберите правильный вариант.

David (came / was coming) in when the children (wrote / were writing) a test.

Mike (phoned / was phoning) me when I (took / was taking) a shower.

Mike (spoke / was speaking) to me when his little sister (took / was taking) his book out of his schoolbag.

We (met / were meeting) them when we (stood / were standing) at the bus stop.

I (slept I was sleeping) when his mother (came / was coming) back.

On Monday Mary (cooked / was cooking) lunch when the postman (brought/ was bringing) her a letter from her friend.

When the teacher (came / was coming) into the classroom, the children (sat / were sitting) at their desks.

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Упражнение 8. Ответьте на вопрос, что делали члены семьи, когда приехала тетя Дженни.

ОБРАЗЕЦ. What were family doing yesterday when aunt Jenny came?

John / listen to the radio ___________________________________

his sister / have a bath ___________________________________

the baby / play ___________________________________

Father / read a book ___________________________________

Mother / clean the room _____________________________________

the cat / sleep ___________________________________

grandparents / watch TV ____________________________________

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Упражнение 9. Составьте предложения по образцу, используя Past Simple или Past Continuous.

ОБРАЗЕЦ. Mum/wash up/telephone/ring. — Mum was washing up when the telephone rang.

Tom/have a shower/doorbell/ring.

I/study/Jill/call.

Dad/have breakfast/post/arrive.

Nancy/read a book/she/hear a noise.

John/shop in town/he/meet Kevin.

The whole class/write a test/I/come.

We/drive along Park Avenue/something/go wrong in the car.

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Упражнение 10. Прочитайте историю, которая вполне могла случиться. Выберите правильный вариант глагола-действия.

I (met/was meeting) a friend while I (did/was doing) the shopping. While I (paid/was paying) for my things, I (heard/was hearing) someone call my name. I (turned/was turning) round and (saw/seeing) Paula. She (wore/was wearing) bright red coat. We (decided/were deciding) to have a cup of coffee. While we (had/ were having) a drink, a waiter (dropped/was dropping) pile of plates. We all (got/were getting) a terrible shock. While the waiter (picked/was picking) up the broken plates, he (cut/was cutting) his finger. We (left/were leaving) the cafe and (said/were saying) goodbye. I (finished/was finishing) my shopping and (went/was going) home.