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.
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