PAST TENSE CONTINUOUS - TRECUTUL CONTINUU

a)Formare

Aff.: S + WAS/WERE/V-ING

N:    S + WAS/WERE NOT+V-ing

I : WAS/WERE+S+Ving?

eg.: I was reading.( Citeam).

Was your brother watching T.V.? (Se uita fratele tau la T.V.

No, he wasn't.( Nu, nu se uita).

b)Intrebuintare

o actiune in curs de derulare (desfasurare) la un moment dat din trecut;

progresiv - actiune in curs, simplu - fapt nou care are loc si care vine uneori sa intrerupa actiunea aflata deja in desfasurare ( o actiune durativa, intrerupta de o actiune non-durativa, momentana

eg.: She was walking in a desert street.

Se plimba pe o strada pustie

Suddenly she heard a footstep.

Deodata a auzit pasi.

When I arrived, he was repairing his car.

Cand am sosit, el isi repara masina.

PAST TENSE SIMPLE

actiunea s-a terminat in totalitate

PAST TENSE CONTINUOUS

actiunea este in desfasurare la un     moment dat din trecut;

eg.: It was getting dark.

Se intuneca.

Viitor in trecut ( poate exprima si o actiune viitoare, planificata intr-un moment trecut, fiind subinteleasa neindeplinirea ei ).

eg.:

He told met that he was taking an exam in June .

Mi-a spus ca avea un examen in iunie.

New words

- to read = a citi;

- brother = frate;

- to walk = a (se) plimba;

- suddenly = deodata

- to arrive = a sosi;

- car = masina;

- street = strada

- dark = intuneric

- to tell = a spune;

- to take = a lua;

- exam = examen;

- June = iunie;

1. Puneti verbele din paranteza la timpul potrivit:

a.When I (meet) her, she (go) to the shops.

b.When I (call) him he (tell) me he (paint) the door.

c.As I (come) to her a policeman (stop) me.

d.While I (dig) in the garden it (begin) to rain.

e.When they (leave) we (work) in the kitchen.

f. I (sleep) very well when the dog (wake) me up.

g.What (you/do) when I (ring) the doorbell?

h.The sun (shine) when we (get up).

i. He (try) to open the door when he suddenly (remember) he had no key.

. Traduceti in limba engleza

Casa era foarte mare. Cand am sunat la usa, proprietara planta flori. Era o femeie frumoasa.I-am vorbit. Ea ne-a spus ca nu mai suporta pasarile care cantau in gradina.

A mai adaugat ca, atunci cand sotul ei va iesi la pensie, vor calatori mult. Am fost impresionati de aceasta femeie placuta care vorbea cu accent strain. Stia multe lucruri iar noi am ascultat-o cu atentie. Catre sfarsitul conversatiei noastre, am inteles ca se afla pe punctul de a pleca la Londra, a doua zi dimineata, dar noi stiam ca ea se va intoarce imediat ce copiii ei aveau nevoie de ea caci era o mama afectuoasa.

3. Completati propozitiile folosind Past Tense Simple sau Past Tense Continuous

Yesterday I (go) to London where I (buy) a few things that I (need). The sun (shine) and the birds (sing) when we (arrive) at Hyde Park Corner. Lots of people (sit) on benches and (look) at what (go on) on the streets.We (see) many foreigners. A young man who (say) he (be) from Sydney (give) a speech.

He (make) people laugh with his Australian jokes. Finally he (decide) to leave and (say) he would come back as soon as he (find) a $ 5 note to buy his lunch. The jokes (amuse) and old man who (give) him a handfull of coins. The young Australian (be) pleased with the money and he (thank ) the old man heartly.

New words

- to amuse = a amuza;

- old = batran

- to meet = a intalni

- shop = magazin;

- to call = a chema;

- to paint = a vopsi;

- door = usa;

- while = in timp ce

- garden = gradinita;

- to begin = a incepe

- rain = ploaie;

- kitchen = bucatarie

- very well = foarte bine;

- dog = caine

- to wake up = a trezi;

- to ring = a suna;

- doorbell = sonerie;

- sun = soare;

- lunch = pranz

- to laugh = a rade

- joke = gluma

- to decide = a decide;

- to find = a gasi;

- to shine = a straluci

- to open = a deschide;

- to remember = a aminti(a-si aduce aminte );

- key = cheie;

- yesterday = ieri;

- thing = lucru;

- bird = pasare

- to sing = a canta

- young = tanar(a)

- man = barbat

- speech = cuvantare