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01.01.2019 — Tenses in English

01.02.2019 — Present Tenses

01.03.2019 — Present Simple

01.04.2019 — Present Continuous

15.04.2019 — Present Perfect

01.05.2019 — Present Perfect Continuous

15.05.2019 — Past Simple

01.06.2019 — Past Continuous

15.06.2019 — Past Perfect

01.07.2019 — Past Perfect Continuous

15.07.2019 — Past Tenses

01.08.2019 — Future Simple

10.08.2019 — Future Continuous

15.08.2019 — Future Perfect

28.08.2019 — Future Perfect Continuous

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Past Continuous

01.06.2019

Past Continuous - прошедшее продолженное время 

Формообразование

Форма прошедшего времени глагола to be (was / were) + смысловой глагол+ing 

Was / were + Ving 

I / he / she / it + WAS
we / you / they + WERE 

Kate was doing her homework at 4 p.m. yesterday.
Kate wasn't doing her homework at 4 p.m. yesterday.
Was Kate doing her homework at 4 p.m. yesterday? - Yes, she was. / No, she wasn't. 


Употребление:

1. Речь идет о действии, которое происходило в определенный момент в прошлом (неизвестно, когда оно началось и завершилось) (e.g. at 5:00 yesterday):

The children were walking to school at 8:00 a.m. yesterday.
He was playing tennis at 4:30 yesterday. 

2. Действие, которое происходило в прошлом и было прервано другим действием. Past Continuous употребляется для описания действия в развитии / процессе (длительное действие), а Past Simple - для описания действия, которое прервало его (краткое действие): 

She was reading a book when the lights went out.
 While I was getting dressed the bell rang.

3. Два или более одновременных длительных действий, выполняемых разными людьми или для фонового описания событий истории: 

While I was sunbathing, Tim was swimming.
Helen was cooking while Tom was washing his car.
She was flying to Paris.
The sun was shining... 

Указатели времени (сигналы), употребляемые с Past Continuous:

while, when, as, all day / night / morning yesterday etc.