Past continuous – прошедшее продолженное

Дмитрий МедведевГрамматика

Past continuous – прошедшее продолженное время в английском языке. Оно обозначает процесс происходивший в определенный момент или период в прошлом.

past continuous

Образование Past Continuous в английском языке

Глагол (to be) was/were + глагол-ing

Рассмотрим, как образуется утверждение, отрицание и вопрос в Past Continuous.

I
He
She
It
was
doing
watching
playing
swimming
living
We
You
They 		were
I
He
She
It		was not
(wasn’t)		doing
watching
playing
swimming
living
We
You
They		were not
(weren’t)
Was
I
He
She
It
doing?
watching?
playing?
swimming?
living?
Were We
You
They
  • What were you doing at 07.10 yesterday? Were you sleeping? – Что ты делал вчера в 07,10? Ты спал?
  • What did she say? I don’t know. I wasn’t listening. – Что она сказала? Я не знаю. Я не слушал.
  • It was raining, so we didn’t go out. – Шел дождь, поэтому мы не пошли гулять.
  • In 2012 we were living in Spain. – В 2012 мы жили в Испании
  • Today he’s wearing a sweater, but yesterday he was wearing shirt. – Сегодня он в свитере, но вчера он был в рубашке.
  • I woke up early yesterday. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. – Вчера я проснулся рано. Светило солнце и пели птицы.
Прошедшее продолженное

Не путайте present continuous и past continuous

am/is/are + –ing (present) —>was/were + –ing (past)

  • I’m watching TV (now). – I was watching TV at 11.45 last night.
  • It isn’t snowing (now). – It was not snowing when we went out.
  • What are you doing (now)? – What were you doing at 2 o’clock?