Грамматика английскогоУровень A2
Past continuous (I was watching TV) — правила для A2
Past continuous — это прошедшее длительное время: I was watching TV значит «я смотрел телевизор» (в какой-то момент в прошлом, действие шло). Используй его, когда рассказываешь, что происходило в определённый момент: вчера в 8 вечера, когда ты позвонил, пока шёл дождь. Особенно часто нужно на работе и в IT: что ты делал, когда сломался сервер или пришёл тимлид.
- Формула: was/were + глагол с -ing. I was coding, they were testing.
- Кто с was: I, he, she, it (и одно имя: Dima was working). Кто с were: you, we, they.
- Действие шло в конкретный момент: At 9 p.m. Anna was writing a report. Момент можно назвать через at 9, yesterday evening.
- Часто вместе с when (короткое действие) и while (долгое): I was having lunch when Oleg called, while we were waiting, the build failed.
- Отрицание: was not / were not + -ing: He wasn't sleeping, they weren't working. Сокращения wasn't, weren't.
- Вопрос: was/were на первое место: Were you working at 7? What was she doing?
Примеры
- At 10 a.m. I was fixing a bug in the payment system.В 10 утра я чинил баг в платёжной системе.
- Masha was translating the document when the client called.Маша переводила документ, когда позвонил клиент.
- While we were waiting for the interview, Sergei was reading his notes.Пока мы ждали собеседование, Сергей читал свои заметки.
- They weren't working on Friday evening — the office was closed.В пятницу вечером они не работали — офис был закрыт.
- Were you watching the webinar at 6 p.m.?Ты смотрел вебинар в 6 вечера?
- It was raining when Anton left for the airport.Шёл дождь, когда Антон уехал в аэропорт.
Частые ошибки
I was watch TV yesterday.
I was watching TV yesterday.
После was/were глагол всегда с -ing.They was testing the app at 5.
They were testing the app at 5.
С they (и с you, we) нужна форма were, не was.While I was cooking, he was call me.
While I was cooking, he called me.
Одиночное короткое действие — Past simple (called), -ing не нужен.Проверь себя
At 8 p.m. Nina ___ a report.
___ they working when you arrived?
I ___ sleeping when the phone rang.
While we ___ for the visa, Pavel found a job abroad.
He ___ testing the new version at 7.