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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.
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
			 
			 
			
				
				
				
					
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						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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