O’zbekiston respublikasi ichki ishlar vazirligi akademiya m. A. Rustamov ingliz tili darslik

6.8. Complete the questions. Use
was/were - ing
.
Use
what/where/why
 if 
necessary.
1. (you / live)
Where were you living
 
 in 1995? In London. 
2. (you / do) .................................... at 2 o’clock? I was asleep. 
3. (it / rain) ............................. when you got up? No, it was sunny. 
4. (Ann / drive) ..................... so fast? Because she was in a hurry. 
5. (Tim / wear) .............. a suit yesterday? No, a T–shirt and jeans. 
6. (he / go) ................................................... at 10 o’clock? Home. 
7. (Tom / carry) ............................... an umbrella this morning?
Because it was raining. 
8. (she / eat) ..................................... at 3 o’clock? An ice–cream. 
 
Participle I (present participle) 
 
verb + ing: going, speaking etc. 
 
go speak walk 
run sleep do 
+ ing 
= 
going speaking walking 
running sleeping doing 
 
Present participle is used in verb phrases to form tenses: 

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• Tom isn’t working today. 
• “What were you doing at 11.30?” “I was watching television.”
 
Present participle can be an adjective: 
• The man walking down the street seems tired. 
• This man is one of the leading scholars of our Academy. 
• Running water is pure.
 
Participle phrases can include a subject and adverbs: 
• We left him sleeping. 
• We watched him running. 
• We watched his running. 
• Finding the course too difficult, Penny decided to drop it. 
• Lending Doris the book, Joe told her she could keep it for a 
week. 
• Hearing the news, I ran to tell it to my friend. 
• Knowing the subject very well, the student was not afraid of the