Употребление Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous Tense употребляется:

1. Для выражения действия, совершавшегося в какой-то определенный период или момент времени в прошлом. Этот период (или момент) может быть выражен либо обстоятельством времени, либо придаточным предложением времени с глаголом-сказуемым в Past Indefinite, но иногда он может не указываться в предложении, а лишь подразумеваться (чему, как правило, способствует контекст).

At 9 o’clock I was watching on the TV.	В 9 часов я смотрел фильи по телевизору.
When the soldiers were cleaning their rifles, the sergeant shouted at them to hurry up.	Когда солдаты чистили свои винтовки, сержант кричал им, чтобы они поторопились.

2. Для выражения действия, совершавшегося в течение длительного периода времени в прошлом. Длительность этого периода может быть выражена такими словами, как all day long в течение всего дня, the whole evening в течение всего вечера, from ... till от ... до, а иногда период времени просто подразумевается:

The wind was blowing all day long.

Весь день дул ветер.

3. Для повторяющихся действий или изменяющихся ситуаций в прошлом:

He was trying to find a job in Greece at that time	В то время он пытался найти работу в Греции.
It was getting dark.	Темнело.

4. Для того чтобы подчеркнуть незаконченность какого-то действия в прошлом:

The student was working on this essay last night.

Студент работал над сочинением вчера вечером (но не закончил его).

1. Прочитайте и переведите текст на русский язык, обращая внимание на употребление времени Past Continuous Tense:

In September Graham Segalowitz lost his job because his company was failing. Sally, his wife was worried about him, but he was enjoying himself. He was watching a lot of videos and relaxing. Sally was getting up early to go to work while he stayed in bed till 11.He was reading a lot of books because he wanted to try lots of new things. He decided to do some evening classes so he got the college brochure. Andrew Markham came to Graham’s office (кабинет) while he was studying the brochure. Andrew advised him to do the course in car maintenance but Graham was thinking of taking course in Italian. Andrew was feeling very jealous (очень завидовал) because he still had to go to work every day. When Andrew and Graham were talking, their friend Tim came into Graham’s office. Tim asked to use Graham’s phone because his own phone wasn’t working.

2. Составьте утвердительные, отрицательные и вопросительные предложения во времени Present Continuous (Progressive) Tense со следующими глаголами: to speak, to look, to wait, to swim, to write, to read, to walk, to repair.

3. Переделайте предложения, употребляя обстоятельства времени, данные в скобках.

1) The student wrote a report yesterday (the whole evening yesterday).

2) I usually work at the library (from 12 till 17 yesterday).

3) They went to the University yesterday (when I met them).

4) The boys played chess last Sunday (all the morning last Sunday).

5) Mary cooks dinner every day (at 2 o’clock yesterday).

6) Mr Green wore the suit last week (during the whole week).

7) My neighbour played the piano yeaterday (from morning till night yesterday).

8) The child slept very well last night (all last night).

4. Скажите, что вы делали и чего не делали в указанное время.

1) at 8 o’clock yesterday morning

2) at that time last Sunday

3) from 12 till 3 last Friday

4) 2 hours ago

5) at 4 o’clock last afternoon

6) from 10 till 12 yesterday

5. Закончите следующие предложения.

1) Nick broke his leg while he ...

2) The bell rang when I...

3) We saw an accident while we ...

4) Ann fell asleep when she ...

5) The television was switched on but nobody ....

6) The students ..... when the teacher came in the class-room.

7) I switched the light on and saw that my dog ....

6. Опишите ситуацию, используя слова из обоих колонок таблицы.

When the Titianic ran into iceberg

The Smiths	to sleep
Mrs Green and her children	to have dinner
Nancy	to sing songs
Robert and his friends Mrs Cristy	to look at the stars
Mike and George	to dance
Mary with her sister	to play cards
Mr Brown	to discuss political problems

7. Поставьте глаголы в Past Indefinite или в Past Continuous.

1) Mike (to take) a photograph of me while I (not to look).

2) When I (to meet) Alice, she (to try) to find a job.

3) The girl (to hear) footsteps behinf her and (to start) running.

4) I (to drive) my car yesterday when a man (to step) out into the road. I (to go) very fast but (to stop) in time and (not to hit) him.

5) He says that he (to see) me in town yesterday but I (not to see) him, I (to look) the other way.

6) I (to meet) Paul and Jane in airport. We (to discuss) some problems while we (to wait) for our flights.

7) What you (to do) when I (to ring) you up in the evening?

8) Where they (to go) when the accident (to happen)?

9) When we (to see), Caroline she (to wear) a nice dress.

10) While he (to read) an article, he (to notice) some mistakes.

11) It (to rain) when we (to leave) the house.

12) She (to run) down the stairs and (to see) that her husband (to speak) to a stranger.

13) Nick (to raise) his head and (to look) out of the window, it (to snow) still.

14) They (not to tell) the truth while they (to discuss) the situation.

15) While Tom (to pack) things, Mike (to read) a book.

8. Переведите предложения на английский язык.

1) Вчера с 5 до 6 они играли в футбол.

2) В прошлый понедельник я весь вечер смотрела телевизор.

3) Когда Энн со своей младшей сестрой пришли домой, родители сидели у окна и ждали их.

4) Что вы делали с 2 до3 в прошлый вторник?

5) Когда вы пришли, мы искали ключ.

6) Рабочие не работали вчера с 3 до 7.

7) Позавчера все мои однокурсники весь день готовились к коллоквиуму (colloquium).

8) В прошлую субботу Ник в течение 3 часов играл в теннис.