Question

8. Раскройте скобки и заполните пропуски глаголами в The Past Continuous Tense и
напишите предложения в вопросительной (общий и специальный вопросы) и
отрицательной формах:
1. We (to hope) to find a more experienced investment analyst.
2. They (to do) a project at this time yesterday
3. When I saw him, he (to work) for General Motors.
4. The secretary (to look through) the papers when we came in.
5. While other companies (to progress), ours (to move) backwards.
6. He (to have )lunch when his wife called him.
7. Some manufacturing factories (to have difficulty) obtaining raw materials needed.

Answer 1

1. We were hoping to find a more experienced investment analyst.

Negative: We weren't hoping to find a more experienced investment analyst?

General: Were we hoping to find a more experienced investment analyst?

Special: What were we hoping to find?

2. They were doing a project at this time yesterday.

Negative: They weren't doing a project at this time yesterday.

General: Were they doing a project at this time yesterday?

Special: What were they doing at this time yesterday?

3. When I saw him, he was working for General Motors.

Negative: When I saw him, he wasn't working for General Motors.

General: When I saw him, was he working for General Motors?

Special: What was he working for when I saw him?

4. The secretary was looking through the papers when we came in.

Negative: The secretary wasn't looking through the papers when we came in.

General: Was the secretary looking through the papers when we came in?

Special: What was the secretary looking through when we came in?

5. While other companies were progressing, ours were moving backwards.

Negative: While other companies weren't progressing, ours weren't moving backwards.

General: While other companies were progressing, were ours moving backwards?

Special: While other companies were progressing, to which direction were ours moving?

6. He was having lunch when his wife called him.

Negative: He wasn't having lunch when his wife called him.

General: Was he having lunch when his wife called him?

Special: What was he having when his wife called him?

7. Some manufacturing factories were having difficulties obtaining raw materials needed.

Negative: Some manufacturing factories weren't having difficulties obtaining raw materials needed.

General: Were some manufacturing factories having difficulties obtaining raw materials needed?

Special: What were some manufacturing factories having?