Past Continuous

Past Continuous
Вживається для вираження дії, яка відбудеться в
конкретний момент або період часу в минулому

I/he/she/it WAS
you/we/they WERE Ving
Statements Questions Negations
 Mary was writing  Was Mary writing an  Mary wasn’t writing
an essay at 2 essay at 2 o’clock an essay at 2 o’clock
o’clock yesterday. yesterday? yesterday.
 Yes, she was.
 No, she wasn’t.

 They were playing  Were they playing  They weren’t playing

tennis from 5 till 6 tennis from 5 till 6 tennis from 5 till 6
yesterday. yesterday? yesterday.
 Yes, they were.
 No, they weren’t.
 Конкретний момент часу в минулому може бути
виражений:

Точним часом

Sam was repairing his car at 5.50 p.m. yesterday

Just think. Two days ago at this time I was lying on
the beach in the sun.

Періодом часу в минулому

I was reading from 7 till 9 o’clock yesterday.

Підрядним реченням

He was doing his homework when I entered the room.

When I came, my parents were having tea.

 Підкреслюється процес дії в
минулому за допомогою:

сполучників  While we were driving from Rome to Milan,

while our bus broke down.
when Коли ми їхали з Риму до Милана, наш
автобус зламався.
as
 As I was coming here I met your brother.
Коли я йшов сюди, я зустрів твого брата.

all day long  Sam was working in the garden

the whole evening all day long.
all the time
 It was raining the whole evening!
annoying
 She was crying all the time!
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