Question

ПРОШУ ПОМОГИТЕ. The Past Continuous of the Past Simple. EX:I.....was watching.........(watch) TV when my mum...came...(come) home. 1.The thieves....(hide) in the kitchen when the police...(come) in. 2.When my friend....(call) me,I.....(sleep). 3.Julie.....(meet) Peter when she.....(walk) in the park. 4.While I......(drive),I......(have) an accident. 5.While John.......(swim) someone.......(steal) his clothes.

Answer 1

1. Were hiding...came
2. Called... was sleeping
3. Met....was walking
4. Was driving...had
5. Was swimming...stole

Answer 2

Of course, I'd be happy to help you with the Past Continuous and Past Simple tenses in the given sentences. Let's fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs:

1. The thieves were hiding in the kitchen when the police came in.
2. When my friend called me, I was sleeping.
3. Julie met Peter when she was walking in the park.
4. While I was driving, I had an accident.
5. While John was swimming, someone stole his clothes.

Explanation:

1. The Past Continuous tense (e.g., "were hiding") is used to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. The Past Simple tense (e.g., "came") is used for a completed action in the past.

2. The Past Simple tense (e.g., "called") is used for an action that occurred and completed in the past. The Past Continuous tense (e.g., "was sleeping") is used to describe an ongoing action at a specific time in the past.

3. Similar to the previous examples, the Past Continuous tense (e.g., "was walking") is used to describe the ongoing action in the past, while the Past Simple tense (e.g., "met") is used for the action that took place and completed in the past.

4. In this sentence, both actions happened in the past, and the Past Continuous tense (e.g., "was driving") is used to describe the action that was ongoing when the second action (having an accident) occurred.

5. Again, we have two actions in the past. The Past Continuous tense (e.g., "was swimming") describes the ongoing action, while the Past Simple tense (e.g., "stole") is used for the action that happened and completed in the past.

Keep in mind that the Past Continuous tense is often used to set the background or describe the situation in which a more specific event (expressed in the Past Simple tense) takes place.