1) Max was standing at the door. 2) Anna and Alice were discussing the new film. 3) Mark was learning a poem by heart. 4) Helen was reading a text book. 5) Two girls were writing something in their notebooks. 6) Oliver and Tim were making fun of John. 7)Alex was looking for a pen in his bag. В данном случае используется время Past continuous. Для его образования нужно поставить вс глагол to be в время: was ( для I, she, he) и were ( для you, we, they) и после причастие (Paticiple I) смыслового глагола, которое образуется путём добавления окончания -ing к основе. В примерах two girls, Oliver and Tim, Anna and Alice эквивалентом является местоимение they ( поэтому используем were) , Алекс - , Max, Mark - he, поэтому используем was.
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