Thomas *visited* his grandmother in the countryside last weekend and enjoyed a perfect day.
When Mary came back home after school, her mother and little sister
*were cooking* delicious dinner.
Jack look *had been looking* for a good part-time job for a few months before he finally got a well-paid one.
When Bob and Carry arrived at the party, their friends
*had already eaten* cheese pizza.
Before electricity was invented, people
*had used* oil lamps in the evenings.
While John *was doing* his homework, Mark was talking to his friend and discussing some gossip.
Yesterday Adam looked in the mirror and
*came* to the conclusion that he needed to go to the gym.
Mary felt puzzled and confused because she
*didn't understand* her friend's joke, which seemed to be funny for everybody.
Thomas Gainsboro is one of the most famous portraitist in late 18 century. The picture was finished in 1780, drawn by oil. Original picture now placed in Hermitage. An artist differed with special property of harmonious choice of colors for illustrating socialites in his pictures. He was very popular among English nobility of that era.
The name of the woman, who posed for the artist, is still unknown for discovers of artist' s creation. There is theory , that those unknown woman was aristocrat Duchess de Bofor, but there is no true confirmation for this facts.
We can see that the picture is drawn by cool shades. Blue in abundance is used for illustrating long shawl, which woman covers light parts of her dress, also the hat of the duсhess is blue. It creates an impression, like thick very powdered hair of young woman have blue colour.
Snow white colour of woman's skin will excite everyone. Artist maximum reflected external features of young person, like he could convey her internal state. Always unperturbed with a mysterious looking of brown eyes. Dark, thin eyebrows and cheeks rosy. Ladies curls laid, like viewer see them touching shoulders. But at the end of dark silk stripe closed to chick, we see golden crucifix. Red lips of woman are open baring white teeth. Thin fingers hold shawl which went down from woman's shoulders. Duchess hold it carefully, looking somewhere away.
1. The girl ( was cooking ) dinner when the lights ( went ) out. She ( burnt ) herself . 2 . The boy ( hurt ) himself while he ( was skating ). 3. When the woman ( entered ) the room, the children ( were feeding ) the goldfish. 4. When I ( was visiting ) my friends in Denmark, I ( tbought ) two presents for my family. 5. When it ( started ) to rain, we ( were bathing ) in the river. 6. Yesterday at one o'clock I (was having) lunch at the canteen. 7. When he ( came ) in, I ( was doing ) my exercises. 8. What were you ( doing ) at eight o'clock yesterday? 9. At this time yesterday I ( was going ) home. 10. You ( were sleeping) when I (went) out. 11. He ( was reading ) on the sofa when I ( came ) in and ( sat ) down beside him. 12. I ( was walking ) along the street with my friend when a tram ( passed ). 13. She ( was looking ) out of the window when I ( saw ) her. 14. We ( were answering ) the teacher's questions when the headmistress ( entered ) the classroom. 15. They ( were drinking) tea when I ( came ) home. 16. He ( was walking ) along the river when a boat ( passed ). 17. The old man (was thinking ) about his plan when he ( fell ) asleep. 18. We ( listened ) to an interesting lecture yesterday. 19 . When I ( entered ) the classroom, the teacher ( was writing ) words on the blackboard and the pupils ( were copying ) them into their exercise books . 20. They ( were getting ) ready to go out when it ( began ) raining.
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Вибрати чи Present Continuous чи Present Simple?