Past Continuous Прошедшее продолженное время

1. Past Continuous

Прошедшее
продолженное
время

2. Формула

to be + V+ing
to be
ед. число (I, he, she, it)
множ. число (you, we, they)
was
were
was + V+ing
were + V+ing

3.

I was going home yesterday at 6.
negative form
I wasn’t going home
yesterday at 6.
question
Was I going home
yesterday at 6?

4. Когда употребляем

Действие длится в определенный момент в
прошлом
She was going to school …
уточняется конкретный момент в прошлом;
She was going to school yesterday at 6 o’clock.
уточняется отрезок времени в прошлом;
She was going to school last week from 6 to 8 o’clock.
действие было прервано другим действием в прошлом;
She was going to school yesterday when she met Pete.
одновременные действия в прошлом.
She was going to school yesterday while Pete and
Jane were talking.

5.

Use Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. I (to feed) my cat with fish yesterday.
2. What you (to do) at four o'clock yesterday? — I (to feed) my cat.
3. What your brother (to do) yesterday? — He (to play) computer
games.
4. I (to begin) repairing my camera at six o'clock yesterday.
5. Helen (to cook) soup at five o'clock yesterday.
6. What you (to do) when your sister (to come) home yesterday?
7. You (to have) supper at nine o'clock yesterday?
8. He (not to go) to the shop yesterday.
9. Rick (to sleep) at eleven o'clock yesterday.
10. When we (to play) in the yard yesterday, it suddenly (to start)
raining.
11. I (to see) Mike when he (to cross) the street.
12. When my father (to come) home yesterday, my mother (to make)
supper.