THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

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  Выполнила учитель английского языка МОУ Большееланской СОШ
  Горохова Ю.С.
  THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
  

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  THE PAST CONTUNUOUS TENSE
  

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  I wasn’t reading
  we weren’t reading
  

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  The Past Continuous denotes a temporary action taking place at a given moment in the past:
  I was writing a letter to my friend
  At 5 o’clock yesterday
  From 5 to 6 on Sunday
  When Mum came
  

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  Exercise
  Here is a page from Mr.Cook’s diary:
  8.00- collect the car from the garage
  10.30- meet the manager
  2.00-lunch with Peter
  4.30-visit the dentist
  7.30- the concert
  10.00- walk the dog
  11.00- drive Mother home
  
  
  Write sentences saying what he was doing at this time:
  1.At 8 o’clock he was collecting the car from the garage
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  THE PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE
  PAST SIMPLE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PAST CONTINUOUS
  
  

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  We often use the Past Continuous and the Past Simple together to say that something happened in the middle of else:
  I saw Irene in the park. She was sitting on the bench and waiting for somebody.
  Ann broke her leg when she was skiing in Switzerland.
  

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  Exercise
  1. Mary (play) the piano, John (read), my wife (sew) when suddenly we all (hear) a shout.
  2. When her father (come) in she (sit) before a red-tea table, finishing a very good tea.
  3. Next day, while he (shave) he (cut) himself slightly.
  4. The door of his room (be) open, his mother still (stand) at the window.
  5. I (sleep) soundly when the phone (ring).
  6. It (get) dark and I (suggest) that we should go down.
  7. John (come) in, (look) at the fire, (stand) a moment, (turn) and (go) away.