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Past Continuous. Questions (general and special)
Теория
Study some information about questions (general and special) in Past Continuous.
Для образования Past Continuous необходимо использовать вспомогательный глагол to be (варианты was, were) и основной глагол, к которому мы добавляем окончание -ing.
Для построения вопросительных предложений нужно использовать следующий порядок слов.
General question
To be (Was/Were) \(+\) subject \(+\) Ving \(+\) other parts of the sentence?
Was используем для первого и третьего лица единственного числа (I, he, she, it).
Were — в остальных случаях.
Was | I studying? |
Were | you studying? |
Was | he, she, it studying? |
Were | we studying? |
Were | you studying? |
Were | they studying? |
Special question
Question word (when, why, how, what...) \(+\) to be (was/were) \(+\) subject \(+\) Ving \(+\) other parts of the sentence?
Examples
What book was she reading the whole evening?
Were they talking on the phone from \(4\) to \(5\) pm yesterday?
Рис. \(1\). Talking on the phone
Источники:
Рис. 1. Talking on the phone, 2017, https://pixabay.com/images/id-3083379/ Pixabay License CC0 Free for commercial use No attribution required