Hi there!
Fill in the gaps with suitable verbs in the Simple Past or the Past Continuous
Completeaza spatiile cu verbele potrivite la Past Simple sau Past Continuous:
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I was driving along a mountain road that winter when I ran out of fuel.I was at the edge of a forest and I was smoking a cigarette in the fresh air.Although the sun was shining,it was quite cold, so I got back into the car and I turned on the radio. The weather forecast was warning against a possible threat of avalanches in the area. I looked up through my windshield over the tops of the trees. And then I saw it. A huge mass of snow was falling down on me!
b) Amanada was having lunch in a hamburger bar when she suddenly felt someone was watching her. She looked up and saw a man who was sitting at a table in the corner of the room. She quickly finished her meal and left. She got on a number seven bus and sat down in a back seat upstairs. When she looked back through the window she saw the man again. He was running after the bus with her handbag in his hand.
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Past Simple este un timp verbal care exprima actiuni incepute si incheiate in trecut, al caror moment este precizat. In limba romana , traducem cu perfect compus. (eu am vorbit, tu ai alergat,etc)
Mod de formare:
Afirmativ: Subiect+Verb/-ed sau forma a II-a
Interogativ: Did+Subiect+Verb
Negativ: Subiect +didn`t+ Verb
Past Continuous exprima actiuni in plina desfasurare in trecut. In limba romana traducem cu imperfect (eu vorbeam, tu alergai,etc)
Mod de formare:
Afirmativ: Subiect+ was/were + Verb-ing
Interogativ: Was/Were + Subiect+ verb-ing?
Negativ: Subiect+ wasn`t/weren`t + Verb-ing
❆ Atunci cand avem o actiune durativa intrerupta de una non-durativa, trebuie folosite ambele timpuri.
EX. She was sleeping when it started to rain.
Ea dormea cand a inceput sa ploua.
WHEN + PAST SIMPLE
❆Atunci cand ambele actiuni sunt durative, folosim Past Continuous
I was watching TV while my brother was playing.
Eu ma uitam la televizor in timp ce fratele meu se juca.
WHILE+ PAST CONTINUOUS
