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2. Translate using either the Past Indefinite or Past Continuous.

  1. Почему ты вчера не позвонил мне? Что ты делал? – Я писал статью.

  2. Ты был в театре в прошлое воскресенье, не так ли? – Да, и мне очень понравилось представление.

  3. Он начал работать в этой компании несколько лет тому назад.

  4. Вчера после обеда у нас было важное совещание. С 12 до 2 часов мы обсуждали новый контракт.

  5. Где ты был после школы? – Я был в компьютерном клубе. – Что ты там делал? – Играл в компьютерные игры.

  6. Он закончил университет в прошлом месяце. Неделю спустя он нашел хорошую работу.

  7. Я видела ее на днях. А когда ты видела ее последний раз?

  8. Когда поезд прибыл на вокзал, была полночь. – Кто встретил тебя? – Мой брат.

  9. Интересно, что ты делала вчера после ужина. Я хотел пригласить тебя на прогулку, но тебя не было дома.

  10. Вы хорошо провели время в Италии? – Да.

Total: 50/_____

The Past Indefinite – the Past Continuous

The Past Continuous is mainly used for past actions which continued for some time but whose exact limits are not known and not important: The wind was rising and it was getting colder and colder.

But in the sentence: When I returned she was sleeping we convey the idea that the action in the Past Continuous started before the action in the Past Indefinite and probably continued after it.

The combination of two Past Indefinite tenses indicates successive actions: When she saw us she smiled.

The Continuous Tense is used in descriptions: A man was sitting at the fire place, and a cat was sleeping on his lap. Suddenly somebody knocked at the door. The man moved. The cat woke up. Here comes the combination of description (the Past Continuous) and narration (the Past Indefinite).

E X E R C I S E S

2.1.1. Use the Past Indefinite of these irregular verbs to complete the sentences:

  1. do

In the past we ..... more business with the Japanese than now.

  1. grow

The company ..... very rapidly in its first 12 years.

  1. become

We ...... a public company in 1985.

  1. cut

We ..... our advertising budget because of the recession.

  1. lend

The bank ..... us $45,000 to fund our expansion.

  1. get

We ...... a big surprise when they made their offer.

  1. take

They ...... a long time to make up their minds.

  1. lose

We ...... the contract with the Polish oil-refinery plant.

  1. run

Paula ...... the company from her home.

  1. win

Last month we ...... an important order from the Government.

  1. meet

I first ...... Roberto when we were working in Budapest.

  1. make

Last year our Japanese branch ..... a small profit for the first time.

  1. sell

Greenham Products ..... its old headquarters for $46 million.

  1. rise

Profits ..... due to an improved management strategy.

  1. spend

We ..... all of our advertising budget in the first six months.

  1. fall

Our profits ..... last year, but things look much healthier now.

  1. lead

TransWare, our main competitors, ..... the market throughout the 80's.

  1. think

Our competitors ..... that we were going to increase our prices.

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