🕒 6. Past Continuous - zasady tworzenia zdań twierdzących, przeczących i pytających

Oto kompletne wprowadzenie do Past Continuous przygotowane pod STANAG 1. Materiał wyjaśnia zasady tworzenia zdań twierdzących, przeczących i pytających, używając prostego i przejrzystego języka. Dzięki jasnym przykładom łatwo zrozumiesz, jak opisywać czynności trwające w przeszłości oraz konstruować krótkie, poprawne wypowiedzi, które pojawiają się na egzaminie.



🕒 Past Continuous

Budowa

  • podmiot + was/were + czasownik-ing

OsobaForma
I/he/she/itwas + V-ing
you/we/theywere + V-ing

Przykłady:

  • I was reading a book.

  • They were playing football.


Kiedy używamy?

  1. Czynność trwająca przez dłuższy czas w przeszłości
    👉 podkreślamy, że coś działo się przez jakiś okres.

  • I was working all day yesterday.
  • She was studying from 5 to 9 p.m.

  1. Tło dla innego zdarzenia (czynność „w tle” + inna krótka czynność w Past Simple)

  • When I was walking home, I saw Jane.
  • They were watching TV when the phone rang.


Typowe określenia czasu

  • while (podczas gdy)
  • when (kiedy)
  • all day, all night, at 7 p.m. yesterday, from 5 to 7, etc.


Przykłady zdań

  • At 9 p.m. yesterday, I was cooking dinner.
  • While we were driving, it started to rain.
  • He wasn’t sleeping at midnight.
  • Were you working yesterday evening?


⚠️ Uwaga na typowe błędy

  • ❌ I was read a book → ✔ I was reading a book.

  • ❌ They were plays football → ✔ They were playing football.

  • ❌ When I walked home, I saw Jane (→ Past Simple, ale brak tła) → ✔ When I was walking home, I saw Jane.


🚀 Oto ćwiczenia STANAG 1 – Past Continuous z kluczem odpowiedzi.


📝 Ćwiczenia – Past Continuous

Ćwiczenie 1 – Uzupełnij zdania (was/were + czasownik -ing)

  1. Yesterday at 6 p.m., I ___ (cook) dinner.

  2. They ___ (play) football when it started to rain.

  3. She ___ (not/sleep) at midnight.

  4. ___ you ___ (watch) TV yesterday evening?

  5. While we ___ (drive) to work, we saw an accident.


Ćwiczenie 2 – Wybierz Past Simple lub Past Continuous

  1. I ___ (read) a book when the phone ___ (ring).

  2. They ___ (have) dinner when I ___ (arrive).

  3. While he ___ (walk) to school, he ___ (meet) his friend.

  4. She ___ (study) all evening yesterday.

  5. We ___ (watch) TV when the lights ___ (go off).


Ćwiczenie 3 – Popraw błędy

  1. He was plays football yesterday.

  2. They was watching TV at 8 p.m.

  3. While I was read, my mother called me.

  4. We were working when boss was come.

  5. She weren’t sleeping at 11.


✅ Klucz odpowiedzi

Ćwiczenie 1

  1. was cooking
  2. were playing
  3. wasn’t sleeping
  4. Were you watching
  5. were driving

Ćwiczenie 2

  1. was reading / rang
  2. were having / arrived
  3. was walking / met
  4. was studying
  5. were watching / went off

Ćwiczenie 3

  1. ❌ was plays → ✔ was playing
  2. ❌ was watching → ✔ were watching
  3. ❌ was read → ✔ was reading
  4. ❌ was come → ✔ came
  5. ❌ weren’t → ✔ wasn’t