Question

Complete the text with the PAST CONTINUOUS or PAST SIMPLE form of the verbs in brackets.

Two weeks ago a robber took Dave Reed’s laptop when he was sleeping (sleep). Dave’s a writer and he (1) … (write) a book at the time – it was all on the computer. Two days later when Dave (2) … (try) to find another computer on the internet he saw a laptop similar to his old one. Dave went to the seller’s house to buy it. When he (3) … (look) at the laptop, he realized it was his old one! When the man (4) … (not look), Dave sent a message to the police. When the police arrived, Dave (5) … (talk) to the man, but he (6) … (not buy) the computer. The police found more of Dave’s things when they (7) … (search) the house. Dave got everything back – thanks to the internet!

Answer 1

Răspuns:

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Two weeks ago a robber took Dave Reed’s laptop when he was sleeping. Dave’s a writer and he (1) was writing a book at the time – it was all on the computer. Two days later when Dave (2) was trying to find another computer on the internet he saw a laptop similar to his old one. Dave went to the seller’s house to buy it. When he (3) looked at the laptop, he realized it was his old one! When the man (4) was not looking, Dave sent a message to the police. When the police arrived, Dave (5) was talking to the man, but he did not buy the computer. The police found more of Dave’s things when they (7) searched the house. Dave got everything back – thanks to the internet!

Explicație:

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• Timpul Past Tense Simple exprimă o acțiune petrecută și încheiată în trecut, în timp ce Past Tense Continuous arată un aspect progresiv (s-a derulat pe o perioadă continuă).

• Past Tense Simple se traduce în română prin perfect compus sau perfect simplu, iar Past Tense Continuous prin imperfect.

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