B: Freddie Mercury. He... (have) a wonderful voice. A: Yes, I agree. He... (enjoy) r>erforming live, too
How many plays has Shakespeare written?...
My parents have got married in London....
Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?...
Where have you been born?...
My sister is a writer. She wrote many books...
Beethoven has been a great composer....
They have arrived ten minutes ago.... 8.1 have never played golf....
9. Ow! I have cut my finger. It's bleeding....
10. The Chinese have invented printing....
(she/ not/ earn/ so much/ last year.)...
(1/notfread/ a book/today)...
(I/not/read/a book/yesterday)...
(it/warm/ last week)...
5. (it/ not/ rain / this week)...
5. Read the short dialogue, then working in pairs, act out similar dialogues using the notes below.
A: Have you ever been to a zoo? 1. theatre/two weeks ago/ entertaining
B: Yes, I have. 2. funfair/yesterday/thrilling
A: When was that? 3. opera/last winter/boring
B: Last year. 4. circus/three weeks ago/fascinating
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A:\Vhatwasitlike? В: It was exiting.
5. fashion show/last Sunday/fun
The Past Continuous Tense образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to be в Past Simple и причастия I основного глагола (табл. 5):
Таблица 5 Positive
I/he/she/it was We/you/they were |
Doing playing working etc. |
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Negative |
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Mie/she/it We/you/they |
was not (wasn't) were not (weren't) |
doing playing working |
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Was J7he/she/it Were we/you/they |
Doing? playing? working? |
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The Past Continuous Tense употребляется для выражения:
1. Длительного действия, происходящего в определенный момент в прошлом. Этот момент может быть ясен из контекста или обозначен:
а) точным указанием времени (часа): I was waiting for you at ten o'clock yesterday;
б) другим действием, выраженным глаголом в Past Simple: I was reading when the telephone rang.
2.Несколышх длительных действий, происходивших одновременно:
While she was cooking dinner, Ann was laying the table.
3. Обычных повторяющихся действий с определенной эмоциональной окраской:
They were always quarreling.
Глаголы, выражающие чувства (like, dislike, hate, love), ощущения (hear, see, feel,
smell), умственную деятельность (remember, know, think), а также некоторые
другие глаголы не имеют форм Continuous.
Прошедшее время Past Continuous переводится на русский язык глаголом
несовершенного вида
Exercises 1. Write questions. Use was/ were -ing.
(what / Tim / do / when you saw him?) ...
(what / she / wear/ yesterday?)...
(where / you / live / in 1990?)...
(it / rain / when you went out?)...
(what/ you / do / at 5 o'clock this morning?) ...
1.1 was having dinner when you rang me up.
2. Your friends were smoking in the corridor when we saw them. 3.1 was walking home when I met Dave.
Tom burnt his hand when he was cooking the dinner.
They were sitting in the garden when it started to rain.
I. Why you (walk)... along Oxford Street late yesterday evening? 2.1 (read)... in bed when I heard a scream.
What you (do)... at this time yesterday?
You (wait)... for your friend when I saw you.
It (get)... colder when the sun set.
6.1 (not listen)..., so I missed what he said.
We stayed because we (enjoy)... ourselves.
(you watch)... television all evening?
It (rain)... hard all day?
10. (you read)... when I rang you?
II. Just as I (get)... to an interesting part of the story, the doorbell rang. 12. He (garden)... all weekend.
/ you /use / the hair-drier / when the lights went out?
/ John / not talk / to Barbara Barbara was not even in the room.
The last time I saw him,/ Dick / drink / orange juice in the kitchen.
/ you /drive / slowly / when you saw the man in the road?
/ It / snow / as I left home for the last time.
5. A. Neil and Sarah are married and they also work together. This is they were doing yesterday:
8.00-8.30 having breakfast
8.30-9.15 driving to work
9.15-1.00 working
1.00-2.00 having lunch
2.00-5.00 working
5.00-5.45 driving home
6.30-7.00 having dinner
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B. Make questions and answer them using the examples below.
Neil/8.15
What was he doing at 8.15?
He was having breakfast
1 Sarah/8.40 2 They/10.30
3Neil/1.15 4Sarah/3.00
5 They/5.30 6 They/6.45
C. Then ask a partner what he / she was doing at the following times yesterday.
(at 7 o'clock yesterday evening) ...
(at 5 o'clock this morning) ...
(at 8.30 yesterday morning)...
(at 10 o'clock last Monday)...
(half an hour ago) ...
Choose the correct explanation, A or B.
1. When the singer walked onto the stage, the band was playing her latest hit. A The band was in the middle of the song.
В The band started the song.
2. When the singer walked onto the stage, the band played her latest hit. A The band was in the middle of the song.
В The band started the song.
7. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Which was the longer action in each sentence?
They ..were cleaning., (clean) the windows when it ..started., (start) to rain Cleaning the windows was the longer action.
As he... (drive) to work, he... (remember) that his briefcase was still at home.
3. Melanie... (cook) dinner when her husband .„ (come) home. 4.1... (hear) a loud crash as I... (sit) in the garden.
She... (type) a letter when her boss... (arrive).
While the dog... (dig) in the garden, it... (find) a bone.
Mary... (ride) her bicycle when she... (notice) the tiny kitten.
While I... (do) my homework, the phone... (ring).
He heard a strange noise when he... (come up to the house).
Nobody was listening to what he... (say).
When I entered the shop the shop-girl... (show a nice dress to an elderly lady).
It was already late and the people... (leave the party).
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5. The ship ran against a rock and... (sink) quickly.
6.1 was cold and a strong wind... ( blow from the North).
7. The patient was very ill and people.... (talk in a low voices).
1.1 (walk)... slowly down the street when somebody (call)... me.
The woman (put)... some perfume into her bag when the shop-girl (see)... her.
The woman (not see)... that the girl (look)... at her.
We (not stop)... to look at a shop window.
She (try on)... a sweater while I (talk) ... to the manager.
6. ... you still (work)... when I left?
7.1 (break)... a plate last night. I (do) ... the washing-up when it (slip)... out of my hand.
Fred (not/ drive)... very fast when the accident (happen) ...
He (live)... in Paris during his last years.
Jane... (wait) for me when I .„ (arrived).
How fast... (you/drive) when the accident... (happen)?
We were in the difficult position. We... (not/ know) what to do. 13.1 was late but my friends ... (wait) for me when I... (arrive).
The postman... (come) while I... (have) dinner.
We... (meet) Joan at the party. She... (wear) a red dress.
The boys... (break) a window when they ... (play) football.
Mary... (not/go) to work yesterday. She was Ш. 18.1 wasn't hungry last night. I... (not/eat) anything.
Philip was washing the car while the fire started.
Neil was studying when his sister was listening to music.
Harriet was opening the door and walked into the house.
We were having lunch at a lovely restaurant every day when we were on holiday.
Brian drank tea at five o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Dad was repairing the TV while Mum cooked dinner. 7.1 was going to the cinema last Saturday.
8.1 was buying a new dress for my party yesterday. 9. While Jeff built the garden shed, he hurt himself.
1. As Jane wrote the last sentence of her homework, her friend asked her to do bis as well. Jane was...
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During dinner at Harry's Anna lost her necklace. While Anna ...
John brought the sweet in but I still had some chips on my plate to eat. I was still ...
Did Emily wear that dress when she got married? Was Emily... ?
1.1 (eat) my dinner. There (be) a knock at the door.
Camilla (get) into the car. Henry (shout) a warning.
You (dance) at the disco. I (paint) the kitchen at home.
4.1 (know) her ten years. She (work) for Star Electronics at the same time as I was.
Kim (look) out of the window. She (see) Mike.
Cathy (wash) the dishes. She (drop) a glass.
The children (play). Their father (come) home.
Robert (drive) home. He (get) a flat tyre.
Mick and Charlie (leave) the bank. The police (surround) them.