Past Continuous. Past Simple против Past Continuous — Английский язык, 6 класс

Конструкция was или were плюс глагол с окончанием -ing и различение двух прошедших времён. 100 заданий на отработку.

Простыми словами

«Я шёл вдоль реки, когда увидел дым». «Шёл» — длинное действие-фон: I was walking (Past Continuous). «Увидел» — короткое событие: I saw (Past Simple).

Длинный «фон» (Continuous) и короткое событие на нём (Simple)

Форма Past Continuous

was / were + глагол с -ing.

Кто	Форма	Пример
I, he, she, it	was + V-ing	I was walking along the river.
we, you, they	were + V-ing	At eight yesterday the children were playing in the yard.
Отрицание	wasn't / weren't + V-ing	She wasn't listening to the teacher.
Вопрос	Was / Were + кто + V-ing?	Were you working?

The boys was swimming — неверно: boys = they → were. Did в Past Continuous не нужен.

Правописание -ing: write — writing (e выпадает), sit — sitting, run — running, lie — lying.

Когда какое время

Ситуация	Время	Пример
действие шло в точный момент прошлого	Continuous	At six o'clock yesterday I was watching a film.
длинное прервано коротким	Continuous + Simple	They were playing football when it began to rain.
while + длинное	Continuous	While I was walking home, I met a friend.
два длинных одновременно	Continuous + Continuous	I was reading and my sister was playing the violin.
законченное событие, цепочка событий	Simple	The train left at half past six. Tom lost his phone yesterday.

The train left at half past six. left — вторая форма leave, нет was/were + -ing → Past Simple.
Tom lost his mobile phone yesterday. lost — от lose → Past Simple.

when чаще стоит перед коротким действием (Simple), while — перед длинным (Continuous).

Примеры заданий

Это несколько заданий из тренажёра, остальные — в тренажёре в начале страницы.

Поставьте глагол в Past Continuous.

I ___ along the river when I saw the smoke.

was walk
was walking
were walking
am walking

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Ответ: was walking
Решение. Верно: I was walking along the river when I saw the smoke. С I в прошедшем времени употребляется was.

Выберите грамматически верное предложение с прошедшими временами.

They were play football when it began to rain.
They are playing football when it began to rain.
They were playing football when it began to rain.
They was playing football when it began to rain.

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Ответ: They were playing football when it began to rain.
Решение. Верно: They were playing football when it began to rain. Подлежащее во множественном числе требует were.

Определите, правильно ли построено предложение о прошлом.

The boys was swimming in the lake.

Верно
Неверно

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Ответ: Неверно
Решение. В предложении ошибка. Правильно: The boys were swimming in the lake. Подлежащее во множественном числе требует were.

Определите время сказуемого в предложении.

The train left at half past six.

Past Simple
Past Continuous

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Ответ: Past Simple
Решение. Left — вторая форма глагола leave, значит Past Simple.