Объяснение:
Form
Affirmative: was/were + present participle (verb + ing)
Negative: wasn’t/weren’t + present participle (verb + ing)
Meaning
Past continuous is used to say that an action was in progress at a particular time in the past. The action had already started at this time but had not finished.
I was having dinner at 6pm last night.
What were you doing this time yesterday?
Past continuous is used to say that an action was in progress at every moment during a period of time.
You were working all morning, weren’t you?
I was playing football all day yesterday.
Past continuous is used with past simple. Past continuous refers to a longer or background action that was in progress; past simple refers to a shorter action that interrupted the longer action, or happened in the middle of it.
He was walking to work when he met John.
She was eating when the phone rang.
While I was working in the garden, I heard a woman scream.
Past continuous is used to say that an action in the past was temporary.
You were working in the Sales Department last month, weren’t you?
They were living in Paris for a year.
Past continuous is used with words such as always to talk about things that happened repeatedly.
Grandpa was always telling us funny stories about his life and cracking jokes.
Maslenitsa
Hi, Mike. I want to tell you about the wonderful Maslenitsa holiday. It is celebrated on the last Sunday in March, when winter gives up its rights and spring comes. On this day in Russia there are big festivities with horseback riding, getting a live rooster from a pole, jokes, songs and dances. On the streets of cities and villages mummers walk, everyone is offered hot tea and Russian pancakes with different fillings: honey, jam, butter, caviar! But most importantly, a scarecrow of winter is burned on the square and they rejoice at the onset of the beautiful spring.
Масленица
Привет, Майк. Я хочу рассказать вам о чудесном празднике Масленица. Его отмечают в последнее воскресенье марта, когда зима уступает свои права и приходит весна. В этот день в России проходят большие гуляния с катанием на лошадях, снятием живого петуха с шеста, шутками, песнями и танцами. По улицам городов и сел гуляют ряженые, всем угощают горячим чаем и русскими блинами с разными начинками: медом, джемом, маслом, икрой! Но самое главное, на площади жгут чучело зимы и радуются наступлению прекрасной весны.
