TIMPUL TRECUT

FUNCTIILE TRECUTULUI CONTINUU:(Past Continous Tense)

Se formeaza din verbul TO BE la trecut si forma in –ING a verbului care arata actiunea.….. WAS/WERE + verb + ING ….

(ex.: I was working…….)

1. Exprima actiuni in curs de desfasurare la un moment precis sau intr-o perioada din

trecut. Legatura cu prezentul este exclusa.

Ex.: When I entered in the kitchen she was cooking soup. (Cand am intrat in bucatarie ea

gatea supa.)

Ex.: A bus was passing and we hurried to catch up it. (Un autobuz trecea si noi ne-am

grabit sa-l prindem.)

Ex.: When we arrived at the seaside a storm was raging. (Cand am ajuns pe tarm furtuna

bantuia.)

2. In conversatie, poate exprima ulterioritatea fata de o actiune trecuta.

Ex.: He was packing up, for he was leaving for the new job the next day .(El isi facea

bagajele pentru ca avea sa plece a doua zi la noul job.)

Ex.: He said (that) he was thinking hard to fiind an answer.(El a spus ca se va gandi

bine sa gaseasca un raspuns.)

3. Indeplineste functia de „near-future-in-the-past” in cadrul corespondentei timpurilor – adica

un viitor apropiat, dar tot in trecut (logic !!).

Ex.: He told me (that) he was taking the first plane the next morning.(El mi-a spus ca va

lua urmatorul avion in dimineta urmatoare.)