EXERCISE 22. b) Fill in the blanks with the proper auxiliary verbs: 1. The breakfast ... being cooked by my mother at that moment. 2. The homework ... being done by them the whole evening yesterday. 3. The teacher ... speaking English now. 4. They ... dancing the whole evening yesterday. 5. He ... shopping now. 6. The questions ... being asked by the relatives now. 7. They ... watching TV now. 8. The dinner ... already been prepared when we came. 9. He ... never played computer games. 10. The relatives ... already been invited by us.

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1. The breakfast was being cooked by my mother at that moment. (В тот момент мама готовила завтрак.)
2. The homework was being done by them the whole evening yesterday. (Вчера они делали домашнее задание весь вечер.)
3. The teacher is speaking English now. (Учитель сейчас говорит по-английски.)
4. They were dancing the whole evening yesterday. (Вчера они танцевали весь вечер.)
5. He is shopping now. (Он сейчас ходит по магазинам.)
6. The questions are being asked by the relatives now. (Родственники сейчас задают вопросы.)
7. They are watching TV now. (Они сейчас смотрят телевизор.)
8. The dinner had already been prepared when we came. (Когда мы пришли, ужин уже был приготовлен.)
9. He has never played computer games. (Он никогда не играл в компьютерные игры.)
10. The relatives have already been invited by us. (Родственники уже приглашены нами.)

Формы Continuous образуются с be и причастием на -ing; в страдательном залоге используется be + being + причастие прошедшего времени. В предложении 8 действие завершилось до другого действия в прошлом, поэтому используется Past Perfect Passive: had been prepared.