Лекция: Упр. 187. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Continuous или Past Continuous
1. I (to write) an English exercise now. 2. I (to write) an English exercise at this time yesterday, 3. My little sister (to sleep) now. 4 My little sister (to sleep) at this time yesterday. 5. My friends (not to do) their homework now. They (to play) volley-ball. 6. My friends (not to do) their homework at seven o'clock yesterday. They (to play) volley-ball. 7. You (to eat) ice-cream now? 8. You (to eat) ice-cream when I rang you up yesterday? 9. What your father (to do) now? 10. What your father (to do) from eight till nine yesterday? 11. Why she (to cry) now? 12. Why she (to cry) when I saw her yesterday? 13. She (to read) the whole evening yesterday. 14. She (not to read) now, 15. Now she (to go) to school. 16. What you (to do) now? —-I (to drink) tea. 17. You (to drink) tea at this time yesterday? — No, I (not to drink) tea at this time yesterday, I (to eat) a banana. 18. My sister is fond of reading. She (to read) the whole evening yesterday, and now she (to read) again, 19. Look! My cat (to play) with a ball. 20. When I went out into the garden, the sun (to shine) and birds (to sing) in the trees.
Сравните употребление Past Simple и Past Continuous
Обратите внимание на обстоятельства времени, характерные для Past Continuous:
at… o'clock yesterday when mother came home from 5 till 6 yesterday the whole evening
Обратите также внимание на следующие два предложения:
We played chess in the evening (вечером)
Past Simple We were playing chess the whole evening
(весь вечер) — Past Continuous