У нас появляется новая полка в Grammar room: Past Continuous
| Name | Past Continuous |
| Rule | We use PC when we talk about an action, which was happening at a certain time or during a certain period of time in the past. |
| Markers | yesterday at 6, while, for 2 hours, during* the summer, from 5 to/till 6, all day, all night |
| Structure | was/were + Ving |
| Special features | We don’t use these verbs in Past Continuous: like, believe, have (иметь), know, love, prefer, understand, want, wish, hate, remember, need |
| Monkey Job | I was doing my hw yesterday from 4 to 6. I wasn’t doing my hw yesterday from 4 to 6. Was I doing my hw yesterday from 4 to 6? What time was I doing my hw yesterday? |
Compare (сравни):
I was doing my homework yesterday (я делал - процесс) and
I did my homework yesterday (я сделал - факт)
Для того, чтобы правильно выбрать время нужно сперва правильно перевести, потом почувствовать время (почувствовать длительность, процесс).
Обычно предложения, которые переводятся в Past Continuous, на русском отвечают на вопрос что делал? (в отличие от что сделал?)
Сравните – Я прочитал эту книгу. (что сделал?) I read this book.
Я читал эту книгу весь день. (что делал?) I was reading this book all day.
Practice:
A. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Put the verbs into the correct form, Past Simple (I did) or Past Continuous (I was doing).
Example: (I/fall/asleep when I/watch/television) – I fell asleep when I was watching TV.
1. (it/begin/to rain when I/walk home) _________________________________________
2. (the phone/ring/when I/have a shower) The phone ______________________________
3. (we/see/an accident when we/wait/for the bus) _________________________________
B. Put the verb into the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple.
1. While Tom _______ (cook) the dinner, the phone ________________ (ring)
2. George _______ (fall) off the ladder while he _________ (paint) the ceiling.
3. Last night I ________ (read) in bed when suddenly I __________ (hear) a scream.
4. _______________________ (you/watch) TV when I (call) you?
5. Ann _______________ (wait) for me when I _________________ (arrive).
6. I _____________ (not/drive) very fast when the accident ___________ (happen).
7. I _______ (break) a plate last night when I ______________ (do) the washing-up.
8. Tom ________ (take) a photograph of me while I ________________ (not/look).
9. We ____________ (not/go) out because it __________________ (rain).
10. What _______________________ (you/do) at this time yesterday?
Проверьте себя, ответы внизу
accident - авария, несчастный случай
fall off the ladder - упасть с лестницы
suddenly – внезапно, вдруг
arrive in/at - приехать, прибыть куда-то
paint – красить
ceiling - потолок
scream - крик
plate - тарелка
take a photograph – фотографировать
wait for smb – ждать кого-то
USEFUL PHRASES:
25. Get well! Поправляйся!
Grammar homework for the 9-th of November
1. Irregular Verbs - B (review), C and D – learn by heart
2. Put the verbs into the correct form, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. At this time yesterday I (sit) at the cinema. 2. He (arrive) back in St. Petersburg on the 15th of January. 3. I (walk) to Easy School when I (to see) him. 4. At this time yesterday we (have) dinner. 5. He (write) a letter when I (come) in. 6. He (dance) when I (leave) the night club. 7. Yesterday he (write) a letter to his friend. 8. What you (do) at six o'clock yesterday? 9. I (go) to bed at half past eleven. 10. Yesterday the lesson (begin) at nine o'clock. 11. The cat (take) a piece of fish and then (run) away. 12. He (read) a newspaper when I (come) in. 13. He (put on – надел) his coat, (to open) the door and (to go) out.
Вот все неправильные глаголы, которые уже нужно знать наизусть!
| be | was / were | been | быть |
| beat | beat | beaten | бить |
| become | became | become | становиться |
| begin | began | begun | начинать |
| build | built | built | строить |
| bite | bit | bitten | кусать |
| blow | blew | blown | дуть |
| break | broke | broken | ломать |
| bring | brought | brought | приносить |
| burn | burnt | burnt | сжигать |
| buy | bought | bought | покупать |
| catch | caught | caught | ловить |
| choose | chose | chosen | выбирать |
| come | came | come | приходить |
| cost | cost | cost | стоить |
| creep | crept | crept | ползать |
| cut | cut | cut | резать |
| deal | dealt | dealt | иметь дело |
| dig | dug | dug | копать |
| do | did | done | делать |
| draw | drew | drawn | рисовать |
| drink | drank | drunk | пить |
| drive | drove | driven | водить |