{"id":3738,"date":"2016-04-04T23:01:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T21:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=3738"},"modified":"2023-10-03T19:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:38:40","slug":"was-were-v-ing-past-continuous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/3738","title":{"rendered":"\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0435\u0434\u0448\u0435\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0446\u0435\u0441\u0441\u0430 (Past Continuous)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0412\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f <\/span><b>Past Continuous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e\u0431\u044b \u043e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0446\u0435\u0441\u0441, \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0441\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b \u0432 \u043e\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0451\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043c\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043b\u043e\u043c.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0430\u044f \u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 <\/span><b>Past Continuous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0432\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b <\/span><b>be <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0435\u0434\u0448\u0435\u043c \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u00a0(<\/span><b>was\/were<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) + \u0441\u043c\u044b\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439 <\/span>\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b <b>\u0441 \u043e\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c<\/b> <b>-ing<\/b> (Participle I)<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Past\u00a0Continuous = was\/were + Ving<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>\u0423\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I <\/span><\/i><b><i>was<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> work<\/span><\/i><b><i>ing<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in my office when the fire-bell rang. (\u042f \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043b \u0432 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u043c \u043e\u0444\u0438\u0441\u0435, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0436\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0438\u0433\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f.)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He<\/span><\/i><b><i> was<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> walk<\/span><\/i><b><i>ing <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to his car when somebody hit him. (\u041e\u043d \u0448\u0451\u043b \u043a \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0439 \u043c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0435, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043a\u0442\u043e-\u0442\u043e \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043b \u0435\u0433\u043e.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She <\/span><\/i><b><i>was<\/i><\/b><i style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drivi<\/span><\/i><b><i>ng <\/i><\/b><i style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when she heard it on the radio. (\u041e\u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0435\u043b\u0430 \u043c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0443, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0443\u0441\u043b\u044b\u0448\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043e.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><\/i><b><i>was<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> work<\/span><\/i><b><i>ing<\/i><\/b><i> when I was there.<\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (\u041e\u043d\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043b\u043e, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u044f \u0431\u044b\u043b \u0442\u0430\u043c.)<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We <\/span><\/i><b><i>were <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">play<\/span><\/i><b><i>ing <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tennis at 2 o\u2019clock in the afternoon<\/span><\/i><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (\u041c\u044b \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u0442\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0438\u0441 \u0432 2 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0430 \u0434\u043d\u044f.)<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You <\/span><\/i><b><i>were<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> danc<\/span><\/i><b><i>ing<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when she phoned.\u00a0 (\u0412\u044b \u0442\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0435\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0430.)<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><\/i><b><i>were<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> speak<\/span><\/i><b><i>ing <\/i><\/b><i>during the show<\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. (\u041e\u043d\u0438 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0433\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0432\u043e \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>\u041e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0446\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0449\u0438 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0446\u044b <\/span><b>not, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430\u044f \u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043a<\/span><b> was<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u0438\u043b\u0438 <\/span><b>were<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u0438 <\/span><b>V-ing<\/b>.<b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0412 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c \u043e\u0431\u044b\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u044e\u0442 \u0441\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u044b \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432 <\/span><b>was\/were<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u0441 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0446\u0435\u0439 <\/span><b>not<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>was not<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">=<\/span><b>wasn\u2019t , <\/b><b>were not<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">=<\/span><b>weren\u2019t<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I <\/span><\/i><b><i>wasn\u2019t<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> work<\/span><\/i><b><i>ing<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at 1.30, I was having lunch. (\u042f \u043d\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043b \u0432 1.30, \u044f \u043e\u0431\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043b.)<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><\/i><b><i>weren\u2019t<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sleep<strong>i<\/strong><\/span><\/i><b><i>ng<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when it happened. (\u041e\u043d\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u0430\u043b\u0438, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u043e\u0448\u043b\u043e.)<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b>\u0412\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0432 <\/span><b>Past Continuous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u044f \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0440\u044f\u0434\u043e\u043a: \u0441\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b <\/span><b>was <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0438\u043b\u0438 <\/span><b>were<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u0437\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043c \u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0438\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\/\u0441\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0438 \u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b \u0441 \u043e\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c<\/span><b> -ing<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><i>Were <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">driv<\/span><\/i><b><i>ing <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when it happened?<\/span><\/i> (<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0422\u044b \u0432\u0451\u043b \u043c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0443, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0441\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c?)<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b><i>Was<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she cooki<\/span><\/i><b><i>ng <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when he came? (\u041e\u043d\u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u043d \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0448\u0451\u043b?)<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><b> \u041a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u044b \u043e\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0432<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Yes, I was.\/Yes, he was\/Yes, she was.\/Yes, it was.\/Yes, you were.\/Yes, we were.\/Yes, they were.<\/strong> <em>(\u0414\u0430.)<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> No, I wasn\u2019t.\/No, he wasn\u2019t.\/No, she wasn\u2019t.\/No, it wasn\u2019t.\/No, you weren&#8217;t.\/ No, we weren&#8217;t.\/No, they weren&#8217;t.<\/strong> <em>(\u041d\u0435\u0442.)<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0412 \u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0435 \u043c\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e, \u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0440\u044f\u0434\u043e\u043a \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0432 \u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u043c \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0435:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>What<\/strong> <strong>were<\/strong> you do<strong>ing<\/strong> at 8 o\u2019clock yesterday? I was watching TV. (\u0427\u0442\u043e \u0442\u044b \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430\u043b \u0432 8 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0432 \u0432\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0430? \u042f \u0441\u043c\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b \u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0437\u043e\u0440.)<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Where<\/strong> <strong>was<\/strong> he wait<strong>ing<\/strong> for her? He was waiting for her outside the cinema. (<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0413\u0434\u0435 \u043e\u043d \u0435\u0451 \u0436\u0434\u0430\u043b? \u041e\u043d \u0436\u0434\u0430\u043b \u0435\u0451 \u0443 \u043a\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0430.)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0412\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f Past Continuous \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e\u0431\u044b \u043e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0446\u0435\u0441\u0441, \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0441\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b \u0432 \u043e\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0451\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043c\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043b\u043e\u043c. \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0430\u044f \u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 Past Continuous: \u0432\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b be \u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0435\u0434\u0448\u0435\u043c \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u00a0(was\/were) + \u0441\u043c\u044b\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b \u0441 \u043e\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c -ing (Participle I) Past\u00a0Continuous &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/3738\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1202],"tags":[1217],"class_list":["post-3738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beginner-a1-a2","tag-pastcontinuous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3738"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9202,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3738\/revisions\/9202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}