Past continuous vs. Past simple

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Юлия Ефимовна Апт,
гимназия №74, г. С-Петербург

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I was reading a book.
I wasn’t reading a book.
At 8 o’clock
yesterday
Were you reading a book?
? Yes, I was.
No, I wasn’t.

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We were on a picnic
last Sunday

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When/
Whenwe/
we left home,
/ home/
thethe
sunsun/
was shining.
.
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While
While/
father
father/
was driving,
/
I wasI playing
/
/ games.
games.
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8.

Mother
Mother/
was talking
/ to father.
to father.
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9.

My
Myolder
olderbrother/
brother was /
listening
to music.
to music.
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And
And/
mymy
younger
younger
sister
sister/
was
singing songs.
/ songs.
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While
While/
we were
we/ driving,
/
the
thewind/
wind blew away
away/my
my
brother’s
brother’s
cap. cap.
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We
We/
stopped
/ atataashop/
shop,
and
and/
bought
/ aanew
newcap.
cap.
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While
my
mother
was
While/ my mother/
for/
looking
for
a
cap,
a cap/ she/
/ a nice skirt.
she found a nice skirt.
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14.

Whilemother/
mother was spending
While/
/ her time
her
timeclothes
at the clothes
at the
department/
department,
bought
father/
/father
a fishing
rod.
a fishing rod.
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When
When/
we arrived
we/
at the
/
picnic
at the
place,
picnic
our
place/
friends
were
our friends/
waiting for /us.
for us.
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While
While/
mymy
friend
friend
andand
I were
I/
picking up
up/
firewood,
firewood/
father
was
father/
building /aacamp
campfire.
fire.
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While mother was preparing
While/ mother/
/ meat/
meat, her friend was making
her friend/
/ sandwiches.
sandwiches.
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While father was cooking
While/ father/
/ meat/
meat, we were playing
we/
/ football.
football.
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When
When/father
father/called/ us
us to
to eat/
eat,
we
we/
were/sitting
on theon
grass
the and/
grass
and waiting.
.
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While
While/
we were
we/ eating,
/
it started
it/
to
/ to
rain.
rain.
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WeWe/
collected our
/ ourthings
thingsand
got and/
into the /car.
into the car.
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When
When/we
we/came back
/ back
home,
home/
thethe
sunsun/
was shining
/ brightly.
brightly.
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