III. Past Continuous vs Past Simple. 1. Choose the correct answer. 1) He ___ (read / was reading) when mother came. 2) Dad was working while mother ___ (cooked / was cooking) dinner. 3) Sam and Fanny ___ (did / were doing) yoga at this time yesterday. 4) She was going to the theatre when she ___ (met / were meeting) him at the bus stop. 5) What were you doing when your sister ___ (watched / was watching) the DVD? 6) Was it stormy, when you ___ (skied / were skiing)? 7) The girls were listening to when it suddenly ___ (stopped / was stopping). 8) I ___ (listened / was listening) to the ballet all evening yesterday. 9) He ___ (stayed / was staying) at this parking from 1 till 5 o’clock yesterday. 10) The sun was going down while we ___ (sailed / were sailing).

Перевод задания: Выберите правильный ответ.

1. He was reading when mother came. (Он читал, когда пришла мама.)
2. Dad was working while mother was cooking dinner. (Папа работал, пока мама готовила ужин.)
3. Sam and Fanny were doing yoga at this time yesterday. (Сэм и Фэнни занимались йогой вчера в это время.)
4. She was going to the theatre when she met him at the bus stop. (Она шла в театр, когда встретила его на автобусной остановке.)
5. What were you doing when your sister watched the DVD? (Что ты делал, когда твоя сестра смотрела DVD?)
6. Was it stormy when you were skiing? (Была ли буря, когда ты катался на лыжах?)
7. The girls were listening to when it suddenly stopped. (Девочки слушали, когда это внезапно прекратилось.) В исходном предложении не указано, что именно они слушали.
8. I was listening to the ballet all evening yesterday. (Я слушал балет весь вчерашний вечер.)
9. He stayed at this parking from 1 till 5 o’clock yesterday. (Вчера он находился на этой парковке с часу до пяти.)
10. The sun was going down while we were sailing. (Солнце садилось, пока мы плыли под парусом.)

Past Continuous обозначает действие, которое продолжалось в определённый момент или параллельно другому действию; Past Simple — завершённое событие, прерывающее длительное действие.