1. He has a terrible pain. You (not to think) he (to behave) very well? 2. I (not to drink) coffee now I (to write) an English exercise. 3. I (not to drink) coffee in the evening. I (to drink) coffee in the morning. 4. Don't speak loudly. The baby (to sleep). 5. The baby always (to sleep) after dinner. 6. My grandmother (not to work) She is on pension. 7. My father (not to sleep) now. He (to work) in the garden. 8. I usually (to get up) at seven o'clock in the morning. 9. What your sister (to do) now? - She (to wash) dishes. 10. When you usually (to come) home from school? -1 (to come) at three o'clock. 11. My mother (to play) the piano now She (to play) it in the morning. 12. I (to read) books in the evening. 13. I (to write) an exercise now. 14. He (to help) his mother every day. 15. You (to go) to school every day? 16. My friend (not to like) to play football. 17. The children (to eat) soup now. 18. You (to play) volley-ball well? 19. Kate (to sing) well. She (to sing) at the moment. 20. Where John (to live)? - He (to live) in London. 21. What you (to do) here? - We (to listen) to the cassettes. 22. Mike (to know) German rather well. 23. What magazine you (to read)? - It's a French magazine. 24. My sister usually (to prepare) her lessons at the Institute. 25. Who that man (to be) who (to stand) in the doorway? 26. I (to have) no time now I (to have) dinner. 27. Tom and Nick (to have) a talk 28. She still (to do) her work in the room. 29. It still (to rain)? 30. My granny still (to cook) lunch. 31. She (to wear) a new coat today 32 Peter never (to wear) a hat. 33. I (to get up) at 8 in the morning. 34 It's 8 o'clock. He (to get up). 35. What you (to say)? 1 (not to hear) well. 36. It (to get) dark. It's time to go home. 37 It (to get) dark earl^ in winter 38. Listen! Somebody (to sing) in the room. 39 She (to sing) well and (to have) a pleasant voice. 40. When it is foggy in London cars (to move) slowly. 41. Our train (to move) very fast.
Ex. 15. Translate the sentences into English. Explain the use of the Present Continuous Tense.
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PAST CONTINUOUS
The Past Continuous Tense is formed by means of the auxiliary verb to be in the Past Indefinite Tense (was -1st,3d person singular, were 2d person singular, and in plural) and Participle I of the notional verb: He was still sleeping at seven clock.
The contracted negative forms are:
wasnt [wɔznt], werent [wə:nt]
The Past Continuous Tense is used:
1) to denote an action which was going on at a definite moment in the past or during a definite period of time in the past. The definite moment or period in the past can be indicated by an adverbial phrase (at 2 p.m., at that time yesterday, from 5 till 7, all evening, the whole day, in the afternoon, between one and two, etc.), by another past action or prompted by the context. e.g. What were you doing at 1 p.m. yesterday? I was having a lunch with my friend. I looked out of the window. The sun was shining.
Note 1: When a past action in progress is interrupted by another past action, the longer background action is in the Past Continuous and a shorter action (a single event) is expressed by the Past Indefinite. e.g. As/when/while my dad was painting the ceiling he spilt some paint on the floor.
Note 2: It is used to express two parallel simultaneous situations (actions) in the past.15 e.g. While John was sitting doing nothing, I was working out a plan to get us home.
Note 3: When two actions are not simultaneous, i.e. when one action happened one after another, only the Past Simple is used for both the verbs. e.g. When the teacher came, we wrote a dictation.
2) to denote past actions of unusual frequency to convey a feeling of annoyance, irritation or criticism with adverbials of permanence always, constantly. e.g. In those days he was always borrowing money and forgetting to pay it back.
3) Reported present-time actions in progress (according to the rules of Sequence of Tenses). e.g. Ann asked: ―Is Jane talking on the phone?‖ (direct speech) Ann asked if Jane was talking on the phone. (indirect/reported speech)
4) The Past Continuous of the verbs to expect, to intend, to hope, to plan, to mean may be used to show that the planned action was not carried out. e.g. I was meaning to go there.
Ex. 16. Transfer the sentences into the Past Continuous. Mind the adverbials for the Past Continuous: at 6 o'clock yesterday, from 5 till 7 yesterday, the whole evening:
1. I am writing an exercise now. 2. My little sister is still sleeping 3. My friends are just doing their homework. 4. They are playing volley-ball at the moment. 5. You are eating ice-cream now. 6. My father is still repairing his car. 7. She isjust reading this article. 8. They are havingtea in the garden at the moment.9. He is buying bananas now.10. She is still talking on the phone.11. I am just tidying up my room. 12. He is taking the dog out for a walk at the moment.
