The Past Continuous Tense


ë يعبر زمن الماضي المستمر عن فعل كان مستمر في الماضي في وقت معين و يقاطعه فعل أخر.

B يتكون الماضي المستمر من'was / were + V. + ing'.
Ex: He was playing football.
# يأتي هذا الزمن مع ثلاث كلمات :
when, while, as
ÿ يأتي الماضي المستمر بعد علاماته و ليس قبلها ما عدا 'when' قد ياتى قبلها.

ماضي بسيط   As / While ماضي مستمر

Ex: It rained while they were playing football.
      As he was playing football he fell ill.

When

% هناك عدة حالات لـ'when' :
1-    when مضارع بسيط / مضارع تام الفعل الثاني مستقبل
Ex: When he comes I will tell you.
      When he has come I will tell you.
2-    when ماضي مستمر الفعل الثاني ماضي بسيط
Ex: When he was eating the door bell rang.
3-    when ماضي بسيط الفعل الثاني ماضي مستمر
Ex: When he met me he was driving home.
4-    when ماضي تام الفعل الثاني ماضي بسيط
Ex: When he had finished work he went home.

& يتكون النفي في الماضي المستمر بإضافة 'not' بعد 'was / were' .
Ex: He was not playing.

& Exercise:

@ Choose the correct answer:
1-    As the doctor (go / goes / was going) to bed, there (was / was being / had been) a knock on the door.
2-    A thief (had stolen / steals / stole) the woman's bag as she (gets / got / was getting) on the bus.
3-    While he (shaved / shaves / was shaving) yesterday, he cut his chin.
4-    Ali burnt his hand when he (cooked / was cooking / has cooked) the dinner.
5-    When I came in he (read / was reading / had read).
6-    Samy (fall / fell / was falling) off the ladder while he (paint / painted / was painting) the ceiling.

@ Correct the verbs in the brackets:
1-    The foolish boys (jump) off the bus while it (go).
2-    The rich man (count) his money when the thief opened the door and (come) into the room.
3-    The sun (rise) when I (wake) up this morning.
4-    The thief (open) the safe when he (hear) footsteps.
5-    Yesterday I (play) chess while my brother (do) his homework.
While he (read) his newspaper, his wife (paint) a picture.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

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