Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

How fast was he doing an hour? — I don’t know, but he wasn’t 
 

 
driving too fast. 
How much were you earning for that job? — Not very much.

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OBJECT QUESTIONS
Who
were you waiting for when I saw you? — (For) my mother.
Whose lecture were they listening to when the principal came in? — 
 
 
 

I don’t know.
What
was she looking through when the lesson started? — 
Some documents.
SUBJECT QUESTIONS
Who was — laying the table when the guests arrived? —
My daughters (were). 
What was — going on when I came in?—Sally and another girl 
 
 
 
were arguing.
Exercise 38. Ask questions about the information in italics.
Example: We were taking the exam in the lecture hall. Where were you 
taking the exam?
1. The children were doing their homework when the father came home.
2. I was looking for some photos when you rang.
3. They were doing 70 miles an hour because they didn’t want to be late for 
the train.
4. We were watching a documentary about the homeless when the TV set 
stopped working.
5. He was walking down the road one dusky Friday evening.
6. They were selling tickets at six pounds each.
7. That year Charlie was earning only twenty pounds a week for his really 
hard job. 
8. She was looking fixedly at a tall, elegantly dressed man with a moustache.
9. Richard was waiting outside the door as she emerged.
10. We were making every effort to pass the end-of-term exams.
11. In the early seventies women were wearing false eye lashes and wigs, as 
was the fashion.
12. Peter was working in his family business.
13. My grandfather was serving in the army when the war broke out.
14. Dave was working in a restaurant when I first met him.
15. Joan’s husband was fixing the car when he saw a car crash.
16. We were strolling into the town when we came face to face with our neighbour.
17. Yesterday after breakfast she was swimming in the sea.
18. They were driving home when the police stopped them.

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