Grammar 1. Match the examples to the rules. Examples: 1) One of their first customers, Rihanna, was wearing a Lucid FC jacket and cap at a basketball match in 2015 when someone took a photo of her. 2) While the boys were studying the fashion business at college, they looked for manufacturers ... 3) Celebrities were soon wearing it, too. 4) Together, at the age of 15, they created the streetwear brand Lucid FC. Rules: a) We use the past simple to talk about completed actions and things that happened in the past. b) We use the past continuous to talk about actions and situations in progress at a certain time in the past. c) We can also use the past continuous to describe the background to a story. d) We can use the past continuous for an action in progress that is interrupted by a short action in the past simple.

Перевод задания: Соотнесите примеры с правилами.

Ответы на английском: 1 — d; 2 — c; 3 — b; 4 — a.

Краткое обоснование: В примере 1 продолжительное действие was wearing прерывается коротким took a photo. В примере 2 действие were studying создаёт фон истории. В примере 3 were wearing обозначает продолжающуюся ситуацию в прошлом. В примере 4 created называет завершённое действие.

Перевод ответов: 1 — d: действие в процессе было прервано коротким действием в Past Simple; 2 — c: Past Continuous описывает фон истории; 3 — b: Past Continuous описывает действие или ситуацию, продолжавшиеся в определённый момент прошлого; 4 — a: Past Simple используется для завершённых действий и событий в прошлом.