Лекция: Образование прошедшего длительного времени

I / he / she / it was driving Was I / he / she / it driving?

You / we / they were Were we / you / they

I / he / she / it wasn’t driving

You / we/ they weren’t

Exercises.

I. Составьте предложения, выбрав части предложения из групп А и Б (Past Simple or Past Continuous?).

II. Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в соответствующем времени (Past Simple or Past Continuous?).

1. When she (come) into the room I (listen) to the radio.

2. When my car (break down) I (phone) to a garage.

3. We (go) down in the lift when suddenly it (stop).

4. — When I (arrive) back at the car park, my car wasn’t there!

— What (you / do)?

— I (report) it to the police.

5. We (to walk) in silence for a long time. Nobody (to want) to speak.

6. He (to wait) here for some time, but nobody (to come).

7. The old man who (to sit) beside me (to keep) silence.

8. I (to stand) at the window for some time; the sun (to shine) and I (to decide) to go for a walk.

9. She (to teach) Russian for three years when she (to live) in France.

III. Составьте вопросы о создателе джинсов Леви Страусе по образцу.

Model. He came from Germany (Where … from).

Where did he come from?

1. His parents sent him to America (where).

2. His brothers taught him to sew (what).

3. In 1850 he set out for San Francisco (when).

4. He met some prospectors on the way (who).

5. They were digging in a river (where).

6. They were wearing thin trousers (what).

7. He was taking sailcloth to California (what).

8. He made trousers from the sailcloth (what… from).

9. The men didn’t like the colour (why).

10. He imported blue material from France (where … from).

IV. Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в скобках в соответствующем времени (Past Continuon or Past Simple?). Подготовьте чтение и пересказ текста. Ответьте на вопросы после текста.