Hello!
1. George fell..... while he was painting.....
2. Last night I read...... suddenly heard......
3. You were watching...... when I phoned you?
4. Ann was waiting..... when I arrived
5. Maisie was cleaning ......when john asked....
6. The house cost....
7. I met... I was doing...
8. My brother got....
9. Columbus has discovered.....
10. She was..... because she didn't understood.
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Bonjour!
Réponse :
1. George fell off the ladder while he was painting the ceiling.
2. Last night I was in bed when I suddenly heard a scream.
3. Were you watching TV when I phoned you?
4. Ann was waiting for me when I arrived.
5. Maisie was cleaning up the kitchen when John asked her to marry him.
6. The house cost $150.000 in 2003.
7. I met a friend while I was doing the shopping.
8. My brother got a new job a week ago.
9. Columbus discovered America over 500 years ago.
10. She was not interested in the book because she was not understanding it.
Explications :
Le simple past, appelé aussi prétérit, est utilisé pour parler d'une action passée, terminée.
Le past continuous est utilisé pour parler d'une action dans le passé qui était en train de se dérouler. (be + ing)
Le simple past se conjugue en mettant "ed" à la fin des verbes.
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Certains verbes sont irréguliers. Par exemple:
sleep = slept
keep = kept
have = had
break = broke
...et j'en passe
Le past continuous se construit ainsi: sujet + be (au prétérit) + -ing
Imaginons que j'ai comme sujet "you" et comme verbe "sleep", je dirai:
I was sleeping.
"I" est le sujet, "was" est le verbe "be" au prétérit, et "sleeping" est le verbe "sleep" avec -ing à la fin.
En espérant t'avoir aidé :)