Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs given. One Saturday afternoon, a team of police officers (a) ___ (play) football against a group of local people in Yorkshire, England. The police officers (b) ___ (lose) 2–0 when suddenly an officer (c) ___ (recognise) one of the men who (d) ___ (play) in the other team. He (e) ___ (know) that the man was a criminal. The police officers (f) ___ (look) for him for several burglaries. The police officers (g) ___ (stop) playing and (h) ___ (arrest) the man. Then they (i) ___ (start) the match again. In the end, the police officers (j) ___ (win) the match 3–2! And the man (k) ___ (go) to prison for a long time.

Перевод задания: Заполните текст формами Past Simple или Past Continuous данных глаголов.

One Saturday afternoon, a team of police officers were playing football against a group of local people in Yorkshire, England. The police officers were losing 2–0 when suddenly an officer recognised one of the men who was playing in the other team. He knew that the man was a criminal. The police officers were looking for him for several burglaries. The police officers stopped playing and arrested the man. Then they started the match again. In the end, the police officers won the match 3–2! And the man went to prison for a long time.

В Past Continuous поставлены действия, продолжавшиеся в тот момент или служившие фоном; завершённые события — в Past Simple.

Однажды в субботу днём команда полицейских играла в футбол против группы местных жителей в Йоркшире, Англия. Полицейские проигрывали со счётом 0:2, когда вдруг один из офицеров узнал одного из мужчин, который играл в другой команде. Он знал, что этот мужчина был преступником. Полицейские разыскивали его в связи с несколькими кражами со взломом. Полицейские прекратили игру и арестовали мужчину. Затем они снова начали матч. В итоге полицейские выиграли матч со счётом 3:2! А мужчина отправился в тюрьму на долгое время.