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1.11. Read the stories and reproduce them.

1) Some people are waiting at a bus stop. One of them has a transistor radio and they are all listening to the report of a spaceship's flight. When the report is over, a lady smiles and says, "Well, the spaceship has just been round the world, but we are still waiting for that bus."

2) Charlie is a bad boy and his mother is going to spank him, but he creeps under the bed. His mother is too stout to creep after him. Charlie's father is rather thin and when he comes home he is able to creep under the bed to get Charlie out. When the boy sees his father come, he asks:" Is she going to spank you, too, Daddy?"

3) – Why are you carrying that umbrella over your head? Do you think it is raining?

– No, I don't.

– But the sun is not shining either.

– No, it isn't.

– So why on earth are you carrying that umbrella over your head?

– You see, when it rains, Father wants it, when it shines, Mother wants it, so now is the only time when I can use it.

4) Two men who live in the same district often meet on the bus. They talk together from time to time when they sit next to each other. However, they don't know each other's names. "Are you going to Small's lecture today?" "Yes, I am." "Well, take my advice and don't go. They say his lectures are not interesting." "Unfortunately I must go. You see I am Small."

§ 2 The past continuous

1. F o r m a t i o n

The Past Continuous is formed with the Past Indefinite of the auxiliary verb to be + the Present Participle (the Infinitive + ing).

The negative is formed by putting not after the auxiliary verb to be + the Present Participle.

The interrogative is formed by inverting subject and the auxiliary verb to be + the Present Participle.

Affirmative

Negative

I was watching

I was not watching

You were watching

TV at 6

(= I wasn't watching)

TV at 6

He/she/it was watching

o'clock

You were not watching

o'clock

We were watching

yesterday.

He/she/it was not watching

yesterday.

They were watching

We were not watching

They were not watching

Interrogative

Negative Interrogative

Was I watching

Was I not watching

Were you watching

TV at 6

(= Wasn't I watching)

TV at

Was he/she/it watching

o'clock

Were you not watching

6 o'clock

Were we watching

yesterday?

Was he/she/it not watching

yesterday?

Were they watching

Were we not watching

Were they not watching

2. U s a g e

The Past Continuous is used to denote:

  1. actions in the middle of happening at a stated past time: They were playing football at 5.30 yesterday.

  2. past action in progress interrupted by another past action. The longer action is in the Past Continuous, the shorter is in the Past Indefinite: Mark was having dinner when somebody knocked at the door.

  3. two or more simultaneous past actions: While I was swimming, Jane was sunbathing.

or background description to events in a story: She was flying to Rome. The sun was shining.

The following time expressions can be used with the Past Continuous: while, still, when, as, etc.

E X E R C I S E S

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