Past Simple or Past Continuous

Переведи на английский язык, используя глаголы в формах Past Continuous

• Что ты делала вчера в 2 часа дня? Я помогал папе в саду.
• Мы были заняты в то время. Том работал на компьютере, Джейн посылала факс, а у меня была встреча.
• За окном шел дождь. Дети бегали и кричали в саду.
• В то время они жили в Санкт-Петербурге.
• Было раннее утро. Солнце ярко светило в небе.

1.What you used to doing yesterday at two p.m. I used to helping father in garden.

2. We used to busing while. Tom used to working on computer,Jane used to sent fax, and I used to hadding a meeting.

3.It was raining outside the window.Children used to running and shouted in garden.

4. At the time they used to living in St.Peterburg.

5. It was used to earliering in the morning

Past Continuous

Маркеры

While, when, as, all day/ night/ morning…

• When/ while/ as + Past Continuous (longer action)

• When + Past Simple (shorter action)

Match Column A with Column B

• Column A
• While I was driving home,
• We were watching the children
• He cut his finger
• At 8 o’clock yesterday morning
• As she was crossing the street,
• While they were talking,

• Column B
• as he was chopping wood.
• he was sleeping in his bed.
• while they were playing.
• she slipped and fell
• I ran out of petrol.
• the doorbell rang.

Join the sentences using as , when or while

• Tina was cooking. She burnt herself.
• As/ When/ While Tina was cooking, she burnt herself.
• Tina was cooking when she burnt herself.
• Laura was making some tea. She dropped the kettle.
• Mrs Jason was sitting in the garden. It started raining.
• Peter was driving his car. He got a flat tyre.
• She was walking in the park. A dog attacked her.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous

• As I … (do) the washing up, I … (break) a glass.
• We … (walk) in the woods when the storm … (begin) .
• John … (repair) his motor bike when his mother … (arrive).
• I … (eat) my lunch when the phone … (ring).
• He … (ride) his bicycle to school when he … (drop) his bag.
• We … (see) a bad accident as we … (drive) to the airport.
• Tom … (watch) the match when the TV … (break down).
• We … (talk) when she … (come) into the room.