Упражнения на Present Continuous vs Past Continuous

1. Are she playing the guitar in her room? Is .

2. Is he visits his grandma right now? Visiting .

3. Do seagulls crying above the Black Sea? Are .

4. Am Maria brushing her teeth now? Is .

5. What am I do here? Doing .

6. They aren't go to the party. Going .

1. Sam isn't studying is not studying right now. He is washing the dishes.
2. They are listening 're listening to pop music in their bedroom. Don't disturb them, please.
3. My cat isn't drinking is not drinking milk. It is drinking water.
4. Hurry up! We are leaving 're leaving .
5. She 's having is having a shower now. She can't answer the phone.
6. You 're sitting are sitting near the window. You can catch a cold.
7. Dad is repairing 's repairing his car in the garage at the moment.

1. I have am having a dog. It lives with us.
2. Mary brushes is brushing her teeth every day.
3. I believe am believing Mr Puff will find a new job as soon as possible.
4. Doctors know are knowing how to treat people.
5. Can you hear it? I think a nightingale* sing is singing .
6. Felix prefers is preferring vanilla ice cream.
7. Does Is she like liking red roses? I want am wanting to give her a bouquet.
8. I work am working on a new project this week.

We use the past simple past continuous past perfect

1. To talk about an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past present future .

   Example: I was washing the car at seven o'clock yesterday.

2. To talk about two ongoing actions that were happening at the same time.

   Example: We were playing in the garden when our mother was cooking dinner.

3. To talk about an action in the past that interrups another action. The action in the past continuous present perfect present simple starts before and often continues after the other shorter action or time.

   Example: I was walking in the park when I met John.

The structure of affirmative negative sentences in the past continuous is was/were + Ving to be + Ving have/has + Ving .

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The structure of affirmative negative sentences in the past continuous is had + Ving was/were + not + Ving to be + not + Ving .

Look at the examples:

We use was or were before the subject to form questions in the past continuous tense past perfect tense present simple tense .

1. They were playing basketball at three o'clock yesterday.
2. My family was having were having dinner at eight o'clock yesterday.
3. I was watching TV at nine o'clock yesterday.
4. It was raining at half past nine this morning.
5. We were eating pizza in the cafe after school yesterday.

1. I was reading a book for two hours. — I wasn't reading was not reading a book for two hours.
2. We were playing football all day yesterday. — We weren't playing were not playing football all day yesterday.
3. She was looking at the mirror when you came. — She wasn't looking was not looking at the mirror when you came.
4. Nicole and Sandra were sleeping when I was playing tennis. — Nicole and Sandra weren't sleeping were not sleeping when I was playing tennis.
5. The cat was lying in my bed last night. — The cat wasn't lying was not lying in my bed last night.
6. Jorge was working for the whole evening. — Jorge wasn't working was not working for the whole evening.

1. Sara weren't sleeping yesterday at five o'clock. wasn't was not
2. Three pigs wasn't building their houses all day long. weren't were not
3. Tom and Nick were drinking Coke and eat pizza on my birthday yesterday. eating
4. We was visiting the art museum from two till three. were
5. Jack was slept all the time. sleeping
6. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson were walked in the park last evening. walking

1. My family was having dinner at eight o'clock last night.

   Was Were your family having dinner at eight o'clock last night?

2. I was watching The Game of Thrones on TV last night.

   What were Which were you watching on TV last night?

3. Mary was doing her homework at half past seven on Friday.

   Was Were Mary doing her homework at half past seven on Friday?

4. It was raining at nine o'clock this morning.

   Was Were it raining at nine o'clock this morning?

Anna: Hi, Sam. I called you yesterday. You didn't answer me.

Sam: Hmm… That's strange. When did you call me?

Anna: At half past six.

Sam: I swim was swimming were swimming will swim at that time.

Anna: But I also called you at seven o'clock. Your grandma answer answered will answe answering me.

Sam: What did she say?

Anna: That you was walking will walk were walking walk with your friends.

Sam: No, she was wrong. I were sitting was sitting to sit sitting at the cafe with my mum and dad. We were celebrating mum's birthday the whole evening.

Anna: Why didn't you call me back?

Sam: I wasn't doing were doing was doing did my homework from 9 to 11 o'clock. I was very tired and went straight to bed.