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Перевод задания: Поставьте глаголы в форму Past Continuous (прошедшее длительное время).

  1. At 3 o’clock on Friday Diana was writing a letter to her friend. (В пятницу в 3 часа Диана писала письмо своей подруге.)
  2. Kate was reading an interesting book in the evening yesterday. (Вчера вечером Кейт читала интересную книгу.)
  3. John was sending a text message on his mobile at 6 o’clock yesterday. (Вчера в 6 часов Джон отправлял текстовое сообщение по мобильному телефону.)
  4. Carol was ironing her clothes all the evening. (Кэрол гладила свою одежду весь вечер.)
  5. Laura and Mary were watering plants all the morning. (Лаура и Мэри поливали растения всё утро.)
  6. Mike and Steve were playing computer games. (Майк и Стив играли в компьютерные игры.)
  7. A brown bear was eating porridge in the kitchen. (Бурый медведь ел кашу на кухне.)
  8. Mary was watching cartoons all the day long. (Мэри смотрела мультфильмы весь день.)
  9. We were helping our parents about the house on Saturday morning. (Мы помогали родителям по дому в субботу утром.)
  10. Mike and Lucy were watching a chat show at 7 pm yesterday. (Вчера в 7 часов вечера Майк и Люси смотрели ток-шоу.)

Правило: Past Continuous образуется с помощью was/were + глагол с окончанием -ing. С подлежащими I/he/she/it используется was, с you/we/they — were.

Ответ: 1) was writing; 2) was reading; 3) was sending; 4) was ironing; 5) were watering; 6) were playing; 7) was eating; 8) was watching; 9) were helping; 10) were watching.