Past Continuous<span> – прошедшее длительное время. Как следует из названия, оно отвечает за события, которые происходили в прошлом и продолжались какое-то время.
</span><span>I was playing.
</span><span>He was eating
</span><span>They were laughing
</span><span>Were you <span>sleeping </span>when I called? You sounded drowsy.</span>
<span>Ты спал, когда я позвонил? Ты казался сонным.
</span> was sleeping<span> when someone knocked at the door
</span><span>In the morning our elevator was not (wasn’t) working.</span>
<span>Утром не работал лифт.
</span><span><span><span>I/He/She/It + was + глагол-ing</span><span>We/You/They + were + глагол-ing</span></span><span><span><span>I was singing</span>. – Я пел.<span>He was walking</span>. – Он гулял.<span>She was writing</span>. – Она писала.<span>It was falling</span>. – Оно падало.</span>W</span></span><span>Was I singing</span>? – Я пел?
<span>Was he walking</span>? – Он гулял?
<span>Was she writing</span>? – Она писала?
<span>Was it falling</span>? – Оно падало?<span><span>e were reading</span>. – Мы читали.
You were talking. – Вы разговаривали.
<span>They were running</span>. – Они бежали.<span><span><span>I/He/She/It + was not + глагол-ing</span><span>We/You/They + were not + глагол-ing</span></span><span><span><span>I was not singing</span>. – Я не пел.<span>He was not walking</span>. – Он не гулял.<span>She was not writing</span>. – Она не писала.
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It was not falling</span>. – Оно не падало.</span><span><span>We were not reading</span>. – Мы не читали.<span>You were not talking</span>. – Вы не разговаривали.<span>They were not running</span>. – Они не бежали.At midnight<span> I </span>was reading<span> a book. – </span>В полночь<span> я </span>читал<span> книгу. </span>(я начал читать до полуночи, возможно, продолжал после и в это конкретное время находился в процессе чтения)
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