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Ex. 2. Future Continuous: will be + V-ing
- The child will be sleeping at this time tomorrow.
- The students will be having a lecture on Philosophy at this time tomorrow.
- The family will be sitting at the table and having dinner at this time tomorrow.
- What will you be doing tonight?
- The girl will be looking for her note-book at this time tomorrow.
- The pupils will be preparing for their final exams at this time tomorrow.
- Let’s have a walk at this time tomorrow when it will be snowing.
- I will be cleaning my room at this time tomorrow.
- The boys will be playing football in the yard at this time tomorrow.
- My little sister will be drawing a zoo with her favourite animals at this time tomorrow.
Ex. 3. Past Continuous: was / were + V-ing
- Alison was having lunch at two o’clock yesterday.
- Edward and Henry were playing the guitar all the evening.
- Ben was running in the park in the morning yesterday.
- I was speaking to the manager from three to half past five last Thursday.
- My grandparents were driving to Poltava at this time yesterday.
- Lucy was ironing clothes from 4 to 6 o’clock last Saturday.
- You were sleeping for three hours in the afternoon.
- Julia was listening to the news at this time yesterday.
- My mother was dusting the furniture when I came home yesterday.
- We were playing on the playground all day last Sunday.
Как понять принцип
Future Continuous =
will be + глагол с -ing.
Показатель — действие будет происходить в конкретный момент в будущем:now→at this time tomorrow.Past Continuous =
was / were + глагол с -ing.was— сI, he, she, it;were— сyou, we, theyи существительными во множественном числе.В № 7 из Ex. 2 меняем только
is snowing→will be snowing, потому чтоLet’s have a walk— это конструкция сlet’s, её не ставят в Continuous.В № 9 из Ex. 3 долгое действие (
was dusting) прервано коротким (came), поэтому нужен Past Continuous.
Проверка: после will be, was, were обязательно идёт глагол с -ing; во множественном числе в прошлом — were, а не was.