TIMPUL TRECUT

FUNCTIILE TRECUTULUI CONTINUU:

(Past Continous Tense)
Se formeaza din verbul TO BE la trecut si forma in ING a verbului care arata actiunea.
.. WAS/WERE + verb + ING .
(ex.: I was working.)
1. Exprima actiuni in curs de desfasurare la un moment precis sau intr-o perioada din
trecut. Legatura cu prezentul este exclusa.
Ex.: When I entered in the kitchen she was cooking soup. (Cand am intrat in bucatarie ea
gatea supa.)
Ex.: A bus was passing and we hurried to catch up it. (Un autobuz trecea si noi ne-am
grabit sa-l prindem.)
Ex.: When we arrived at the seaside a storm was raging. (Cand am ajuns pe tarm furtuna
bantuia.)
2. In conversatie, poate exprima ulterioritatea fata de o actiune trecuta.
Ex.: He was packing up, for he was leaving for the new job the next day.(El isi facea
bagajele pentru ca avea sa plece a doua zi la noul job.)
Ex.: He said (that) he was thinking hard to fiind an answer.(El a spus ca se va gandi
bine sa gaseasca un raspuns.)
3. Indeplineste functia de near-future-in-the-past in cadrul corespondentei timpurilor adica
un viitor apropiat, dar tot in trecut (logic !!).
Ex.: He told me (that) he was taking the first plane the next morning.(El mi-a spus ca va
lua urmatorul avion in dimineta urmatoare.)