That time yesterday…
1 Kudjo ***** a book, he was sleeping on the sofa.
2 Kudjo ***** his favorite series, he was sleeping and having dreams.
3 Kudjo ***** in the park, he was sleeping at home.
4 Kudjo ***** lunch, he was sleeping fast.
5 Kudjo ***** at all, he was sleeping and snoring.
6 Kudjo ***** with another dog, he was sleeping and dreaming about it.
7 Kudjo ***** a bone, he was sleeping with the bone under the pillow.
8 Kudjo ***** football, he was sleeping like a log
9 Kudjo ***** out of the window, he was sleeping under a blanket.
Вопросительные предложения строятся по такому же принципу, как и вопросы в Present Continuous:
(вопросительное слово) + was/were + подлежащее+ глагол с окончанием ing?
What were you doing at 8 o’clock last night?
EXERCISE 4
Поставьте вопрос к выделенному слову:
1 Kudjo was chasing a crow.
2 Kudjo was helping me cook dinner.
3 We were walking in the park.
4 They were fighting because of a ball.
5 Kudjo was lying on the rug.
6 I was writing the book.
7 Kudjo was barking loudly at a garbage-truck.
8 He was sleeping under the table.
9 Kudjo was jumping around a tree to catch a squirrel.
Маркерами для этого времени являются слова и выражения, фиксирующие процесс:
when, while, as, at + время в прошлом. Самый главный маркер while используется для соединения двух одновременных действий:
He was sleeping curled up in a ball while I was working.
EXERCISE 5
Соедините обе части предложения:
1 While I was cooking lunch,
2 When we were walking in the forest,
3 Kudjo was taking a nap
4 I was making up these sentences
5 Kudjo was playing with a ball next to the pool
6 While I was watching a documentary about dogs
7 As I came in,
8 While other dogs were fighting because of the bone,
9 Kudjo was sitting and waiting
a when Kudjo came up with his ideas.
b Kudjo found a hedgehog.
c when a fire alarm went off and frightened him.
d Kudjo was listening to an audiobook about the first people.
e Kudjo was licking clean his bowls.
f while I was looking for his leash.
g Kudjo stole it.
h Kudjo was lying in bed under my favorite duvet.
i when the ball fell in the water.
EXERCISE 6
Напишите, что происходило вокруг вас, когда вы вчера вышли на улицу.
Можете использовать глаголы-подсказки в Past Continuous:
For example, snow – It was snowing heavily outside.
1 run
2 play
3 walk
4 sing
5 chase
6 shout
7 bark
8 drive
9 blow
EXERCISE 7
Поставьте глагол в форму Present Continuous или Past Continuous:
1 Listen! Kudjo / bark/ at something or somebody.
2 He/dig/ under the tree when I saw him.
3 I /sleep/ very fast and didn’t hear him jump onto my bed.
4 I /buy/ some treats for Kudjo when he took a toy from the shelf.
5 Shhhhh. Kudjo is /kip/.
6 Don’t open the drawer. I /hide/ Kudjo’s toys there and he mustn’t see them.
7 We/talk/ about flying to France when Kudjo came up with his passport in his teeth.
8 Kudjo /eat/ my dinner while I /talk/ on the phone in the next room.
9 I didn’t see Chilly because he /shelter/himself under Kudjo.
EXERCISE 8
Найдите ошибки в 7 предложениях:
