Question

Yesterday my Mum, Dad and I ______ ( to go) to Covent Garden.While my parents ____( to shop), I _____ ( to watch) the Street actors' performance. The performance was great! The pantomime actors and the jugglers _____ ( to entertain) the people around for two hours. While one man in a bright cap ____ ( play) the violine, the juggler ____ ( to juggle) six big balls and the pantomime actor ____ ( to stand) like a statue. The people ____ ( laugh) while the clowns ____ ( to do) sill things. When my parents ____ ( to arrive), one of the actors ____ ( to show) tricks. We ___ ( to leave) the performance while the people around ____ ( to sing) together with the street actors. ЗАДАНИЕ: put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form ( Past Progressive or Past Simple ). поместите глаголы в скобке в правельной форму (прошедшую прогресивную или простое прошедшее) и объясните почему вы поставили в эту форму

Answer 1

went,were shopping, was watching, entertained, was playing was juggling, was standing, laughed,were doing, arrived,showed,left,were singing.

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Answer 2

Yesterday my Mum, Dad, and I went (to go) to Covent Garden. While my parents were shopping (to shop), I watched (to watch) the street actors' performance. The performance was great! The pantomime actors and the jugglers were entertaining (to entertain) the people around for two hours. While one man in a bright cap was playing (to play) the violin, the juggler was juggling (to juggle) six big balls, and the pantomime actor was standing (to stand) like a statue. The people were laughing (to laugh) while the clowns were doing (to do) silly things. When my parents arrived (to arrive), one of the actors showed (to show) tricks. We left (to leave) the performance while the people around were singing (to sing) together with the street actors.

Explanation:

1. "went" - Simple past tense because it describes the action of going to Covent Garden.
2. "were shopping" - Past progressive (continuous) tense because it describes an ongoing action (shopping) that was happening at a specific point in the past.
3. "watched" - Simple past tense because it describes a completed action of watching the performance.
4. "were entertaining" - Past progressive tense because it describes an ongoing action (entertaining) that was happening over a period in the past.
5. "was playing" - Past progressive tense because it describes an ongoing action (playing the violin) that was happening at a specific point in the past.
6. "was juggling" - Past progressive tense because it describes an ongoing action (juggling) that was happening at a specific point in the past.
7. "was standing" - Past progressive tense because it describes an ongoing action (standing like a statue) that was happening at a specific point in the past.
8. "were laughing" - Past progressive tense because it describes an ongoing action (laughing) that was happening over a period in the past.
9. "were doing" - Past progressive tense because it describes an ongoing action (doing silly things) that was happening over a period in the past.
10. "arrived" - Simple past tense because it describes the completed action of arriving.
11. "showed" - Simple past tense because it describes the completed action of showing tricks.
12. "left" - Simple past tense because it describes the completed action of leaving.
13. "were singing" - Past progressive tense because it describes an ongoing action (singing) that was happening over a period in the past.