Составьте предложения в the Past continuous Tense. 1. He/ to look/ at her/ for a moment/ with surprise.
2. They / to come home/ at 4 o'clock yesterday.
3. We / to cook/ at 6 o'clock last Sunday.
4. She/ to meet with her friend / for forty minutes yesterday.
5. You/ to clean the window / in the afternoon yesterday.
6. Nick/ to repair his bike/ all the evening.
7. They/ to wait for a bus / for half and hour.
8. They / to decorate the room/ for the party / all day yesterday.
9. I/ to learn the poem / for an hour.
Поставьте глаголы в Past simple или Past continuous.
1 He ... (make) a great discovery while he ... (sit) under an apple
tree.
2. Rakhmaninov ... (write) his tenth symphony when he ... (die).
3. when I ... (look out) the window I was happy to see that it ... (snow).
4. When our guests ... (come) we ... (make) our salads.
5. Our granny ... ( fall) asleep while she ... (read) a fairy-tale to us.
6. I ... (look for) my ring when I ... (water) the flowers in the garden.
7. When father ... (come into) she ... (play) computer games.
8. She ... (wear) a dress when I ... (see) her at the party.
To form the Past continuous tense, we use the past tense of the auxiliary verb "to be" (was/were) + the present participle of the main verb (-ing form).
2. They came home at 4 o'clock yesterday.
This sentence is in the Past simple tense, not the Past continuous. There is no need to change anything.
3. We were cooking at 6 o'clock last Sunday.
In this sentence, the action of cooking was happening in the past at a specific time, so we use the Past continuous tense.
4. She met with her friend for forty minutes yesterday.
This sentence is in the Past simple tense, not the Past continuous. There is no need to change anything.
5. You were cleaning the window in the afternoon yesterday.
In this sentence, the action of cleaning was happening in the past at a specific time, so we use the Past continuous tense.
6. Nick was repairing his bike all evening.
In this sentence, the action of repairing was happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense.
7. They were waiting for a bus for half an hour.
In this sentence, the action of waiting was happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense.
8. They decorated the room for the party all day yesterday.
This sentence is in the Past simple tense, not the Past continuous. There is no need to change anything.
9. I was learning the poem for an hour.
In this sentence, the action of learning was happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense.
Now let's move on to the second part of the question, where we need to fill in the verbs in the Past simple or Past continuous tense:
1. He made (Past simple) a great discovery while he was sitting (Past continuous) under an apple tree.
The action of making a discovery is a completed action in the past, so we use the Past simple tense. The action of sitting was happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense.
2. Rakhmaninov was writing (Past continuous) his tenth symphony when he died (Past simple).
The action of writing was happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense. The action of dying is a completed action in the past, so we use the Past simple tense.
3. When I looked out (Past simple) the window, I was happy to see that it was snowing (Past continuous).
The action of looking out is a completed action in the past, so we use the Past simple tense. The action of snowing was happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense.
4. When our guests came (Past simple), we were making (Past continuous) our salads.
The action of coming is a completed action in the past, so we use the Past simple tense. The action of making was happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense.
5. Our granny fell asleep (Past simple) while she was reading (Past continuous) a fairy-tale to us.
The action of falling asleep is a completed action in the past, so we use the Past simple tense. The action of reading was happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense.
6. I was looking for (Past continuous) my ring when I was watering (Past continuous) the flowers in the garden.
Both actions of looking for and watering were happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense for both verbs.
7. When father came into (Past simple), she was playing (Past continuous) computer games.
The action of coming into is a completed action in the past, so we use the Past simple tense. The action of playing was happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense.
8. She was wearing (Past continuous) a dress when I saw (Past simple) her at the party.
The action of wearing was happening in the past over a period of time, so we use the Past continuous tense. The action of seeing is a completed action in the past, so we use the Past simple tense.