The past continuous tense. Exercises

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The Past Continuous Tense 

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    The Past Continuous Tense describes a continuous activity in the past: I was reading a book at 11 o’clock yesterday.

    The Past Continuous Tense shows a continuous activity.

    The Past Simple Tense shows a completed activity.

The telephone rang while I was having a bath.

  Упражнение 1. Поставьте данные в скобках глаголы в утвердительную, отрицательную или вопросительную форму в the Past Continuous Tense.

Policeman: Where were you standing?

Girl: I 1_______________________________(stand) in front of the jeweller’s shop.

Policeman: What 2__________________(you / do)?

Girl: I 3________________________(look) at some earrings in the shop window.

Policeman: 4 __________________(you /carry/anything)?

Girl: A sports bag.

Policeman: 5_________________(Why/you carry/a bag)?

Girl: I 6_________________(come) home from the leisure centre.

Policeman: 7_______________(What/the man/carry)?

Girl: A bag.

Policeman: 8_______________ (he/run)?

Girl: Yes, he was.

Policeman: 9 ____________(he/carry/a gun)?

Girl: No, he 10 __________________(not carry/a gun).

Policeman: 11 __________________(Where/he/go)?

Girl: He 12_______________(run) towards a motorbike.

Policeman: 13_____________________(anyone/wait for/the man)?

Girl:Yes, another man 14 ____________(sit) on the motorbike.

Policeman: 15________________________(What/shop assistants/do)?

Girl: They 16 ______________________(run) after the man.

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    Упражнение 2. Раскройте скобки в the Past Continuous Tense и the Past Simple Tense так, чтобы глаголы грамматически соответствовали содержанию предложений.

1. While I _____________ (watch) television, the telephone_____________ (ring).

2. When the telephone_____________ (ring), I ___________(switch) off the TV.

3. As I_____________ (go) to school, my friend____________ (see) me.

4. When I____________________ (see) my friend, I_______________(say) ‘Hello’.

5. It___________________ (start) to rain, while we____________ (wait) for the bus.

6. When it _______________(start) to rain, I_____________ (put) my coat on.

7. Peter ____________(carry) the cat, when it_______________(scratch) him.

8. When the cat______________ (scratch) Peter, he_____________ (fall) off

the ladder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answers

Упражнение 1. 1. was standing, 2. were you doing? 3. was looking, 4. Were you carrying anything? 5. Why were you carrying a bag? 6. was coming, 7. What was the man carrying? 8. Was he running? 9. Was he carrying a gun? 10. wasn’t carrying, 11. Where was he going? 12. was running, 13. Was anyone waiting for the man? 14. was sitting, 15. What were the shop assistants doing? 16. were running.

Упражнение 2. 1. was watching, rang, 2. rang, switched, 3. was going, saw, 4. saw, said, 5. started, were waiting, 6. started, put, 7. was carrying, scratched, 8. scratched, fell.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
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