Past continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS

Употребление Past Continuous

1. Действие продолжалось в определенный момент в прошлом.

- Ben was swimming in the pool a t 4 o’clock

2. Мы используем Past Continuous, когда мы хотим сказать, что какое-то действие продолжалось, когда второе действие его прервало.

- I was taking a shower, when you phon ed me

3. Когда мы говорим о временной ситуации, которая длилась прошлом и этот период назван

- Jessy was studying Spanish in summer

4. Когда мы говорим о двух действиях или о нескольких, которые продолжались в прошлом одновременно

- I was writing a letter to my friend in Australia while ,my wife was cooking dinner

1 exercise

2 exercise

•   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…

3 exercise - 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 …

4 exercise

• 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.