Exercise 2. Дополните предложения when или while: 1. The boys were playing football… the ball flew into the window.
2. Ronny was painting the fence … the bucket of paint turned over.
3. Denny was putting a tent… the girls were gathering wood for fire.
4. Rita was sleeping … the alarm-clock rang.
5. Nelly was peeling potatoes … her sister was cutting chicken into pieces.
6. Nigel was skiing … he fell down and broke his leg.
7. They were arguing … Mrs Elliot entered the room.
8.… my mother was watching her favourite show on TV, father was making coffee.
9. She was typing a letter … she found some mistakes.
10. They were driving towards the village … it started to snow.
Exercise 3. Поставьте глаголы, стоящие в скобках, в утвердительную форму Past Continuous: 1. Alison … (to have) lunch at two o’clock yesterday.
2. Edward and Henry … (to play) the guitar all the evening.
3. Ben … (to run) in the park in the morning yesterday.
4. I … (to speak) to the manager from three to half past five last Thursday.
5. My grandparents … (to drive) to Poltava at this time yesterday.
6. Lucy … (to iron) clothes from 4 to 6 o’clock last Saturday.
7. You … (to sleep) for three hours in the afternoon.
8. Julia … (to listen) to news at this time yesterday.
9. My mother … (to dust) the furniture when I came home yesterday.
10. We … (to play) on the playground all day last Sunday.
Exercise 4. Прочитайте текст, переведите. Подчеркните глаголы в форме Past Continuous. At 7 o’clock the match started on TV, so Dad was still watching it at 7.30. Mum was sitting in
the kitchen. She was quietly reading a woman’s magazine. Rosie was trying on her Mum’s
clothes in her room. Nick’s cousins were listening to rock music. It was very loud so they
didn’t hear the crash. At 7.30 the dogs were lying in front of the fire and they were sleeping.
Nick went into the garden with his friend to play football. Soat 7.30 he was still there.