Вправа 14

      Розкрийте дужки, вживаючи дієслова у Present Continuous або у Present Simple.

      One Sunday Agnes and her mother went to the zoo. The girl was very excited. She was interested in everything she saw. “Mother, look,” she said. “There (to be) a monkey in this cage. It (to eat) an apple. Now it (to give) a bite to another monkey. I (to think) monkeys (to like) apples very much.” “Yes, dear,” said her mother. “Now I (to want) to go and see the lions and tigers. Where they (to live), mother?” “In that big house over there. Come along.” Agnes enjoyed the lion’s house a lot. “Mother,” she said, “the tiger (to want) a drink: it (to go) to the dish of water there in the corner. And the lion (to look) right at me. You (to think) it (to want) to eat me up? When the lions and tigers (to have) their dinner, mother?” “The keepers (to bring) them large pieces of meat every day at four o’clock. And they (to make) a lot of noise before their dinner time, so everybody (to know) they (to be) hungry.”

      Рiзниця мiж The Past Simple i The Past Continuous

      1. Past Continuous використовується для опису процесу в певний момент в минулому, а Past Simple – для опису закінченої дії в минулому.

      When I looked out of the window, I saw that a stranger was walking in our street. – Коли я виглянув з вікна, я побачив, що незнайомець прогулювався по нашій вулиці. (процес у певний момент у минулому)

      Did you see a stranger who walked in our street? – Ти бачив незнайомця, який пройшов по нашій вулиці? (закінчена дія)