Вопрос школьника
Put the verbs in the past simple or the past continuous.
1 Kate was cooking breakfast when she heard a noise in the garden.
2 Jim was reading a newspaper when the fire started.
3 My parents were watching TV while I was sleeping.
4 When Joe saw the lion, he ran away.
Ответ от учителя
1. Kate was cooking breakfast when she heard a noise in the garden.
In this sentence, «was cooking» is in the past continuous tense, which indicates that the action was ongoing at a specific point in the past. «Heard» is in the past simple tense, which indicates a completed action in the past.
2. Jim was reading a newspaper when the fire started.
In this sentence, «was reading» is in the past continuous tense, which indicates that the action was ongoing at a specific point in the past. «Started» is in the past simple tense, which indicates a completed action in the past.
3. My parents were watching TV while I was sleeping.
In this sentence, «were watching» and «was sleeping» are both in the past continuous tense, which indicates that the actions were ongoing at a specific point in the past.
4. When Joe saw the lion, he ran away.
In this sentence, «saw» is in the past simple tense, which indicates a completed action in the past. «Ran» is also in the past simple tense, which indicates a completed action in the past.
