Past Continuous�(минулий тривалий час)
�Past Continuous�
вживається для вираження дії, що відбувалась в певний момент чи період часу в минулому
I/he/she/it
you/we/they
was
were
V+ ing
He was tidying up the room at 6 o'clock in the evening.
We were singing a song �at 7 p.m.
Positive sentences (розповідні речення)
I was
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were
Ving
play – playing
sleep – sleeping
write - writing
get - getting
�����Negatives(заперечні речення)
The woman was not (wasn't) washing up at 4 o'clock.
She was making dinner at that time.
was not = wasn’t
were not = weren’t
They were not sleeping at 8 a.m.
They were having breakfast
at that time.
Questions (запитання)
� She was ironing when he came.
Was she ironing when he came?
Yes, she was./ No, she wasn't.
The children were playing at 4 p.m.
Were the children playing at 4 p.m.?
Yes, they were./ No, they weren't
Wh-questions�(спеціальні запитання)
Where was
What was підмет Ving
Why were
Whose
Where were they dancing at 9 p.m.? - They were dancing at the disco.
What were they doing at 9 a.m.? -They were running.
Who was watering the flowers at 8 a.m.? - My son was
Remember
Певний момент часу в минулому може бути виражений:
певним часом
проміжком часу у минулому
підрядним реченням
He was playing football at 5 p.m. yesterday.
He was drawing from 5 till 7 o’clock yesterday.
He was having a bath
when I entered the room.
Процес дії в минулому підкреслюємо за допомогою:
сполучників: while, when,
as,
all day long,
the whole evening,
all the time
While Ben was working in the garden, Bill was washing clothes.
Steve was working the whole evening