Упражнение 207 Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple или Past Continuous.
1. I (to play) computer games yesterday. 2. I (to play) computer games at five o'clock yesterday. 3. He (to play) computer games from two till three yesterday. 4. We (to play) computer games the whole evening yesterday. 5. My brother (not to play) ten¬nis yesterday. He (to play) tennis the day before yes¬terday. 6. My sister (not to play) the piano at four o'clock yesterday. She (to play) the piano the whole evening. 7. When I came into the kitchen, mother (to cook). 8. She (to cook) the whole day yesterday. 9. We (to wash) the floor in our flat yesterday. 10. We (to wash) the floor in our flat from three till four yesterday. 11. You (to do) your homework yes¬terday? 12. You (to do) your homework from eight till ten yesterday? 13. Why she (to sleep) at seven o'clock yesterday? 14. He (to sit) at the table the whole evening yesterday. 15. What Nick (to do) when you came to his place? 16. What you (to do) when I rang you up? 17. I (not to sleep) at nine o'clock yesterday.
Explanation: The action of playing computer games happened in the past and is completed.
2. I was playing computer games at five o'clock yesterday. (Past Continuous)
Explanation: The action of playing computer games started in the past and was in progress at a specific time (five o'clock) in the past.
3. He was playing computer games from two till three yesterday. (Past Continuous)
Explanation: The action of playing computer games started in the past and was in progress for a specific duration of time (from two till three) in the past.
4. We played computer games the whole evening yesterday. (Past Simple)
Explanation: The action of playing computer games happened in the past and is completed.
5. My brother didn't play tennis yesterday. He played tennis the day before yesterday. (Past Simple)
Explanation: The action of playing tennis didn't happen yesterday, but it happened the day before yesterday.
6. My sister didn't play the piano at four o'clock yesterday. She played the piano the whole evening. (Past Simple/Past Continuous)
Explanation: The action of playing the piano didn't happen at a specific time (four o'clock) yesterday, but it happened continuously for the whole evening.
7. When I came into the kitchen, mother was cooking. (Past Continuous)
Explanation: The action of cooking was in progress when I entered the kitchen.
8. She cooked the whole day yesterday. (Past Simple)
Explanation: The action of cooking happened in the past and is completed.
9. We washed the floor in our flat yesterday. (Past Simple)
Explanation: The action of washing the floor happened in the past and is completed.
10. We were washing the floor in our flat from three till four yesterday. (Past Continuous)
Explanation: The action of washing the floor started in the past and was in progress for a specific duration of time (from three till four) in the past.
11. Did you do your homework yesterday? (Past Simple)
Explanation: The question is asking if the action of doing homework happened in the past and is completed.
12. Did you do your homework from eight till ten yesterday? (Past Simple)
Explanation: The question is asking if the action of doing homework happened in the past and was in progress for a specific duration of time (from eight till ten).
13. Why was she sleeping at seven o'clock yesterday? (Past Continuous)
Explanation: The question is asking for the reason or explanation of the action of sleeping, which was in progress at a specific time (seven o'clock) in the past.
14. He was sitting at the table the whole evening yesterday. (Past Continuous)
Explanation: The action of sitting at the table started in the past and was in progress for the whole evening.
15. What was Nick doing when you came to his place? (Past Continuous)
Explanation: The question is asking for the action that was in progress when the speaker arrived at Nick's place.
16. What were you doing when I rang you up? (Past Continuous)
Explanation: The question is asking for the action that was in progress when the speaker called the listener.
17. I didn't sleep at nine o'clock yesterday. (Past Simple)
Explanation: The action of sleeping didn't happen at a specific time (nine o'clock) yesterday.