UNIT 8. WRITING COMPETITION. Put a tick (✓) if a sentence is correct, put a cross (✗) if it is incorrect. Correct the mistakes. 1) I was meeting my old friend while I walked along the street. 2) Alexandra was writing ... while her friends were playing ... 3) We were hiking in the mountains when we saw a bear. 4) I wasn’t doing my History presentation yesterday. 5) What you were doing at the time ...? 6) Mike was climbing ...

1. ✗ I met my old friend while I was walking along the street.

2. Текст предложения на изображении частично обрезан, поэтому полностью проверить его нельзя. Видимая часть построена по правилу: длительное действие в фоне — Past Continuous, короткое действие — Past Simple.

3. ✓ We were hiking in the mountains when we saw a bear.

4. ✗ I didn’t do my History presentation yesterday.

5. ✗ What were you doing at the time ...?

6. Предложение на изображении частично обрезано; для точной проверки необходим верхний фрагмент страницы.

Правило: Past Continuous употребляется для действия, которое длилось в определённый момент или служило фоном; Past Simple — для завершённого или краткого действия, произошедшего на его фоне.