(Прошедшее длительное время)

Утвердительная форма
I She He		was V– ing		I was going (walking) She was going (walking)
We You They		were V-ing		We were going (walking) You were going (walking)
Отрицательная форма
I She He	was not (wasn’t)		V-ing		I was not going She wasn’t not going
We You They	were not (weren’t)		V-ing		We were not going

Вопросительные конструкции:
Общий вопрос	Альтернативный вопрос	Разделительный вопрос	Специальный вопрос
Was she reading a book?	Was she reading a book or a newspaper?	She was reading a book, wasn’t she?	What was she reading?
Were they playing tennis?	Were they playing tennis or football?	They were playing tennis, weren’t they?	What were they doing at that time?

Указатели времени:

at 7 o’clock yesterday, at that time (moment), from …… till, then, when, while, all day long, the whole week (month).

Краткая теоретическая информация

Данная видо-временная форма может выражать:

1. действие, которое происходило в определенный момент в прошлом. Этот прошедший момент может быть указан с помощью другого действия в форме Past Simple или же обстоятельством времени.

You were sleeping when I left.

She was having tea at five o'clock yesterday.

2. действие, занимающее некоторый период времени в прошлом.

When I met Helen in the street she told me that she was studying at University.

I knew that she was writing a new novel.

3. характеристики человека в эмоционально окрашенной речи.

This dealer was always talking about money!

Whenever I met Peter, he was constantly talking about his car.

When I was a kid, my mother was hiding sweets from me all the time!

4. необычное, нехарактерное для человека состояние, поведение в определенный момент в прошлом. В этом значении, как правило, употребляются глаголы, обычно не имеющие формы продолженного времени (Continuous): be, look, feel, see, hear, etc.

He was happy as his wife was feeling better now. He couldn't believe what he was seeing and hearing.

We couldn't understand why he was being so rude to us.

She was looking great in the new hat.

5. действия в процессе в придаточных предложениях с союзом while. В главном предложении, как правило, употребляется Past Simple.

She watched TV while the children were playing in the garden.

While Nancy was cooking dinner, her husband read the letter.

Краткая теоретическая информация

PAST PERFECT