Question

3 Correct the three underlined sentences in the email. Hi Henry, How are you? Thanks for your email. I watched a great football match yesterday - AC Milan against Inter Milan. Inter won 3-0. ¹ I was watching it with my family. We really enjoyed it. After the match, we had a party for my sister. It was her 15th birthday. At the party there were a lot of people. 2 We are dancing, eating and drinking. We had a great time. You asked me about my holiday in Spain. Well, I enjoyed it very much. We did lots of things. We swam in the sea. We went for long walks. We played basketball. 3 We were lying on the beach every day. We ate meals in nice restaurants. I made friends with a boy and girl from Ireland. Love, Petra​

Answer 1

Ответы:

• 1) I watched it with my family.
• 2) We were dancing, eating and drinking.
• 3) We lay on the beach every day.

Пояснения:

В задании требуется исправить подчеркнутые предложения.

1) I was watching it with my family. → I watched it with my family.

• В данном случае требуется постановка Past Simple, т.к. продолжительность действия не важна (а также отсутствует параллельность и прерванность), was watching меняем на watched.

2) We are dancing eating and drinking. → We were dancing, eating and drinking.

• Повествование до этого ведется в прошедшем времени (we had a party; it was her 15th birthday; there were a lot of people) => в данном предложении также должно быть прошедшее время. Действия продолжительные, поэтому меняем Present Continuous на Past Continuous (are dancing меняем на were dancing).

3) We were lying on the beach every day. → We lay on the beach every day.

• Описываются рутинные, повторяющиеся действия в прошлом (на это указывает сигнал every day), поэтому Past Continuous меняем на Past Simple (were lying меняем на lay).

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