Card 4. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in Past Continuous. 1. I ____ (read) a book when she called, so I didn’t answer the phone immediately. 2. We ____ (not/watch) TV at 8 p.m. yesterday because we were preparing dinner. 3. He ____ (play) football all afternoon while the sun was shining brightly. 4. My parents ____ (cook) dinner when I got home, and the aroma filled the entire house. 5. They ____ (study) in the library yesterday, trying to finish their project on time. 6. She ____ (not/listen) to music at that moment because she was concentrating on her homework. 7. I ____ (walk) to school when it suddenly started raining heavily.

Перевод задания: Заполните пропуски правильной формой глагола в Past Continuous (прошедшем длительном времени).

1. I was reading a book when she called, so I didn’t answer the phone immediately. (Я читал книгу, когда она позвонила, поэтому не ответил на телефон сразу.)
2. We were not watching TV at 8 p.m. yesterday because we were preparing dinner. (Мы не смотрели телевизор вчера в 8 вечера, потому что готовили ужин.)
3. He was playing football all afternoon while the sun was shining brightly. (Он играл в футбол весь день, пока ярко светило солнце.)
4. My parents were cooking dinner when I got home, and the aroma filled the entire house. (Мои родители готовили ужин, когда я вернулся домой, и аромат наполнил весь дом.)
5. They were studying in the library yesterday, trying to finish their project on time. (Вчера они занимались в библиотеке, стараясь закончить проект вовремя.)
6. She was not listening to music at that moment because she was concentrating on her homework. (В тот момент она не слушала музыку, потому что сосредоточилась на домашней работе.)
7. I was walking to school when it suddenly started raining heavily. (Я шёл в школу, когда внезапно начался сильный дождь.)

Past Continuous образуется с помощью was/were и смыслового глагола с окончанием -ing; отрицание — was/were not + глагол с -ing.