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Past Continuous
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Past Continuous

Was working

Форма

Past Continuous собран из знакомых деталей. Это рамка Present Continuous, в которой am / is / are заменили на was / were. Глагол с -ing остаётся тем же.

Человек + was / were + действие

  • II was working — после I идёт was
  • he / she / itShe was reading — один человек или предмет берёт was
  • you / we / theyThey were playing — you и множественное число берут were
Кто
Сейчас
Тогда
I
I am working
I was working
he / she / it
she is working
she was working
you / we / they
they are working
they were working

I was reading at nine.

В девять я читал.

They were playing outside.

Они играли на улице.

Где обычно ошибаются

Частей всё так же три: человек, was / were, глагол с -ing.

Не I working at nine и не I was work at nine — только I was working at nine.

Ничего нового здесь учить не нужно. Was / were вы уже собирали в курсе Past Simple, а правописание -ing — в Present Continuous. В этом уроке берём только те глаголы, у которых -ing ничего не меняет: work, play, read, wait, watch, cook, talk, listen, sleep, rain.

Коротко

I / he / she / it

was + глагол-ing

you / we / they

were + глагол-ing

откуда was / were

из Past Simple

откуда -ing

из Present Continuous

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