26 letters but the letters like Y

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE – прошедшее длительное время

1. 
   Form
   

Положительные и отрицательные предложения :


S + was / were + Ving.

S + was / were not + Ving.

He / She was working. We were not working.

He was talking to his friend. You were not listening to him.

Bill was taking a nap on the couch. They were not reading a newspaper.

Some students were playing soccer in the stadium.

The children were not sleeping when we got home.

The instructor was correcting the mistakes.

Вопросительные предложения :

1. 
   Общие вопросы :
   

Was/Were + S + Ving……?


Were they swimming in the pool at 3 o’clock ?

Was she working in the library at that time yesterday?

Were you trying to find out what the causes of the problem were?

Was she just sitting quietly?

Was it shining / raining?

Формы кратких ответов,

Yes, I was. No, I wasn't

Yes, he/she/it was No, he/she/it wasn't

Yes, we/you/they were No, we/you/they weren't

2. 
   Специальные вопросы :
   

What / Where / How / What time….. + was/were + Ving…..?


What were you doing at that moment? Who were they waiting for?

Where were the guys walking? Where was Ted shoveling snow?

Why was Mr. Emerson climbing the stairs so quickly?

3. 
   Отрицательно-вопросительные предложения :
   

Why wasn’t she leaving for school? Wasn’t he learning English?

Were you not writing when the instructor admonished you?

Weren’t they talking to each other?

2. 
   USE
   

• 
  Используется для действий в прошлом, которые продолжались какое то время но насколько оно было ограничено(когда действие началось и когда закончилось) не известно и неважно:
  

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At eight he was having breakfast. – в 8 часов он завтракал (он был в процессе середине действие началось до 8 и кончиться возможно после 8)

At eight he had breakfast. – в 8 он позавтракал (он начал завтрак в 8)

похожее :

The phone was ringing. – телефон звонил(длилось какое то определенное время)

The phone rang. – телефон зазвонил

Примеры

A wood fire was burning on the hearth? And a cat was sleeping in front of it. A girl was playing the piano and singing softly to herself. Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

The documents were lying turning clockwise.

Last year this time I was attending school.

Joe was starving when the other arrived.

Tom’s mother was cooking in the kitchen..

Who was hiding from the police?

We were getting ready to do a pantomime.

• 
  Когда в предложении указаны два действия одно из которых длительное другое короткое мы используем для длительного (past cont) а для короткого (past simple) действия объединяются при помощи слов when и while/as