Упражнение 2: Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present или Past Continuous. 1. I (to write) an English exercise at this time yesterday. 2. My little sister (to sleep) at this time yesterday. 3. My friends (not to do) their homework at seven o’clock yesterday. They (to play) volleyball. 4. She (to read) the whole evening yesterday. 5. You (to drink) tea at this time yesterday? — No, I (not to drink) tea at this time yesterday. 6. My sister is fond of reading. She (to read) the whole evening yesterday, and now she (to read) again. 7. I (to sleep) when she came home. 8. She (not to read) now. 9. When I went into the garden, the sun (to shine) and the birds (to sing) in the trees. 10. What your father (to do) from eight till nine yesterday?

Перевод задания: Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present или Past Continuous.

1. I was writing an English exercise at this time yesterday. (В это время вчера я писал упражнение по английскому языку.)
2. My little sister was sleeping at this time yesterday. (В это время вчера моя младшая сестра спала.)
3. My friends were not doing their homework at seven o’clock yesterday. They were playing volleyball. (Мои друзья не делали домашнее задание вчера в семь часов. Они играли в волейбол.)
4. She was reading the whole evening yesterday. (Вчера она читала весь вечер.)
5. Were you drinking tea at this time yesterday? — No, I was not drinking tea at this time yesterday. (Ты пил чай в это время вчера? — Нет, я не пил чай в это время вчера.)
6. My sister is fond of reading. She was reading the whole evening yesterday, and now she is reading again. (Моя сестра любит читать. Вчера она читала весь вечер, а сейчас снова читает.)
7. I was sleeping when she came home. (Я спал, когда она пришла домой.)
8. She is not reading now. (Сейчас она не читает.)
9. When I went into the garden, the sun was shining and the birds were singing in the trees. (Когда я вышел в сад, светило солнце и птицы пели на деревьях.)
10. What was your father doing from eight till nine yesterday? (Что делал твой отец вчера с восьми до девяти?)

Past Continuous употребляется для действия, продолжавшегося в указанный момент или период прошлого; Present Continuous — для действия, происходящего сейчас. В вопросах was/were ставится перед подлежащим, в отрицаниях используется was/were not.