Вопросительная форма: Was I talking?

3. Вопросительная форма: Was I talking?

В вопросительной форме глагол to be ставится перед подлежащим:

Единственное число

Множественное число

1 лицо

Was I talking?

Were we talking?

2 лицо

Were you talking?

Were you talking?

3 лицо

Was he/she/it talking?

Were they talking?

Примеры:

Was the water boiling now? – Вода сейчас кипела?

Were you ear-dropping? – Вы подслушивали?

Was he cooking when I called? – Он готовил (еду), когда я позвонила?

Were they playing chess this morning? – Они утром играли в шахматы?

Употребление Past Continuous: когда используется прошедшее длительное время?

Past Continuous употребляется в следующих случаях:

• Действие происходило в определенный момент в прошлом.

В таком случае момент обычно уточняется с помощью:

а) указания времени:

I was having my breakfast at nine. – В девять часов я завтракал.

We were not walking at midnight. – Мы не гуляли в полночь.

б) другого действия:

I was sleeping when you turned on the TV. – Я спал, когда ты включил телевизор.

What were you doing when the earthquake started? – Что вы делали, когда началось землетрясения? (чем занимались в этот момент)

• Длительное действие, происходившее в определенный промежуток времени в прошлом.

Мы можем выразить с помощью прошедшего длительного времени некое действие, которое не происходило в определенный момент прошлого, а происходило в течение какого-то периода времени.

I was writing a novel last winter. – Прошлой зимой я писал роман.

Jack was taking English lessons this year. – В этом году Джек занимался на уроках английского языка.

 

ЗАДАНИЯ:

1.Заполните пропуски глаголом в Past Continuous, используя правильную форму глагола be.(was/were)

 

1. I ………… reading a book at 4 o’clock yesterday.

2. You ………. reading a book…

3. He ………. reading a book…

4. We ………. reading a book…

5. She ………. reading a book…

6. They ………. reading a book…

 

2. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Continuous или Past Continuous.

1. I ______ (to write) an English exercise now. I _______ (to write) an English exercise at that time yesterday.

2. My little sister _______ (to sleep) now. My little sister ________ (to sleep) at that time yesterday.

3. My friends _______ (not to do) their homework now. They _______ (to play) volley­ball.

4. My friends ______ (not to do) their homework at seven o’clock yesterday. They ______(to play) volleyball.

5. What _____ you ______ (to do) now? — I _______ (to drink) tea. ______ you ______(to drink) tea at that time yesterday? — No, I ________ (not to drink) tea at this time yesterday, I ________ (to eat) a banana.

3. Заполните пропуски глаголом в Past Continuous и переведите предложения.

1. When I went out into the garden, the sun ______(to shine).

2. I __________(to eat) ice cream when you met me in the park yesterday.

3. When I came home, Tom ______ (to speak) over the phone.

4. Somebody got into the room when we ________(to sleep).

5. He saw Jane when she ______ (to cross) the street.

6. He ______(to wait) for Jenny when it started raining.

7. The woman ______(to have) a bath when she felt bad.

8. The man ______(to sit) by the window when he heard the noise.

9. We _______(to watch TV) when the door bell rang.

10. She______ (to read) when somebody knocked at the door.

11. They _____(to talk) about him when he suddenly came in.