9. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Continuous or Past Simple. Vkontakte: People first learnt about social networks at the end of the 20th century. While western users 1) … (receive) information from various sources, the Russian social network VK (short for VKontakte) 2) … (appear). People who 3) … (speak) different languages 4) … (start) to use it, but especially popular it 5) … (become) among Russian users. User registration was initially limited to university circles, but the site still 6) … (grow) quickly. The number of people who 7) … (want) to sign up 8) … (become) bigger with each year. At the beginning of 2021 the VK website 9) … (have) 97 million users all over the world and 10) … (get) the 15th place in the sphere of its popularity.

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Фото задания: 9. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Continuous or Past Simple. Vkontakte: People first learnt about social networks at the…

9. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Continuous or Past Simple. Vkontakte: People first learnt about social networks at the end of the 20th century. While western users 1) … (receive) information from various sources, the Russian social network VK (short for VKontakte) 2) … (appear). People who 3) … (speak) different languages 4) … (start) to use it, but especially popular it 5) … (become) among Russian users. User registration was initially limited to university circles, but the site still 6) … (grow) quickly. The number of people who 7) … (want) to sign up 8) … (become) bigger with each year. At the beginning of 2021 the VK website 9) … (have) 97 million users all over the world and 10) … (get) the 15th place in the sphere of its popularity.

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Перевод задания: Поставьте глаголы в скобках в Past Continuous или Past Simple.

VKontakte

People first learnt about social networks at the end of the 20th century. While western users were receiving information from various sources, the Russian social network VK (short for VKontakte) appeared. People who spoke different languages started to use it, but especially popular it became among Russian users. User registration was initially limited to university circles, but the site still grew quickly. The number of people who wanted to sign up became bigger with each year. At the beginning of 2021 the VK website had 97 million users all over the world and got the 15th place in the sphere of its popularity.

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Люди впервые узнали о социальных сетях в конце XX века. Пока западные пользователи получали информацию из разных источников, появилась российская социальная сеть VK (сокращение от VKontakte). Люди, говорившие на разных языках, начали пользоваться ею, но особенно популярной она стала среди российских пользователей. Сначала регистрация была ограничена университетской средой, но сайт всё равно быстро рос. Число людей, желавших зарегистрироваться, с каждым годом становилось больше. В начале 2021 года у сайта VK было 97 миллионов пользователей по всему миру, и он занял 15-е место по популярности.

Кратко: Past Continuous употребляется для длительного действия, происходившего в момент другого события (1); Past Simple — для завершённых событий и последовательных фактов в прошлом (2–10).

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