√ Процесс в точный промежуток времени.
√ Временное действие.
√ В сложных предложениях.
√ Два и более процесса.
√ Запланированное действие.
√ Действия случаются очень часто чаще.
Утвердительное | Отрицательное | Вопросительное |
| I was walking | I was not walking | Was I walking? |
| He was walking She was walking It was walking | He wasn't walking She wasn't walking It wasn't walking | Was he walking? Was she walking? Was it walking? |
| We were walking You were walking They were walking | We weren't walking You weren't walking They weren't walking | Were we walking? Were you walking? Were they walking? |
Образуют: was/were + Ving
Past Continuous употребляют:
Процесс в точный промежуток времени.
1. Когда действие в процессе в точный промежуток:
At (5) o’clock yesterday
At this time yesterday
From12 to 13 o’clock yesterday
The whole evening (morning afternoon yesterday)
Временное действие.
2. Когда временное действие в процессе:
Valetta was living in Madrid in 2013
It was snowing heavily from 16 to 18 o’clock five weeks ago.
В сложных предложениях.
3. Когда действие в процессе прерывается однократным действием, тогда после слов как while – в то время как/when – когда/just as - когда/as - в то время как + Past Continuous, + Past Simple.
While/when/as/just as Mackar were looking up a new word, the teacher asked him for help.
Два и более процесса.
4. Когда два и более действий в процессе совершается одновременно:
While Vialetta was reading, my mom was cooking; my distant cousin was playing the computer game.
Valetta looked out of the front door. It was snowing.
Запланированное действие.
5. Запланировали что-то сделать в прошлом:
My distant cousins were worried because they were leaving for me the next month.
Действия случаются очень часто чаще.
6. Действия случаются чаще чем обычно или имеет место раздражение (элемент критики):
Vialetta was always leaving her cloths about the room. (раздражение)
Вежливая просьба
7. Вежливая просьба имеет место.
Vialetta and John were wondering if they could open the window.
К Упражнениям