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owner of the briefcase was very
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 Past
Past Continuous
Continuous
A folyamatos múlt időt arra használjuk, hogy egy
múltbéli folyamatban lévő cselekményt írjunk le.

I was having coffee.

She was eating ice cream.

10 a.m.
most
múlt jövő
was having
was eating
 Vigyázz!
Vigyázz!
Állapotjelző igéket általában nem
használunk folyamatosban. Kivétel: have.

I was having a headache. I had a headache.

I was having coffee.

She was having ice cream.

Itt a have azt jelenti, hogy enni vagy inni.

Past
Past Continuous
Continuous &
& Past
Past Simple1
Simple1
A folyamatos múltat használjuk az egyszerű múlttal, ha
egy megszakított folyamatot akarunk leírni.

They were enjoying the

morning when the thief
stole the briefcase.

stole
most jövő
múlt were enjoying
Past
Past Continuous
Continuous &
& Past
Past Simple
Simple 22
A folyamatos múltat a folyamatban lévő cselekményre használjuk
(természetesen). Használd a when-szócskát és az egyszerű
múltat arra a cselekményre, ami megszakítja a folyamatot.

The man was reading the

newspaper when the thief
snatched his briefcase.

snatched
most
múlt jövő
was reading
Past
Past Continuous
Continuous &
& Past
Past Simple
Simple 33
A folyamatos múltat akkor használd, ha a cselekmény hosszúsága, időtartama
fontos. Az egyszerű múltat pedig akkor, ha a cselekmény befejezettsége fontos.

I was sitting in Maxi’s Café

and watching people.

The thief stole the briefcase

and ran away.

múlt
stole ran most
jövő
was sitting / was watching
 What were you and others
Gyakorlás 1 doing? Válaszolj a kérdésekre a
folyamatos múltat használva.

Example:
What were you doing when I called this morning?
I was trying to wake up when you called.
called

1. What were you doing when the phone rang last night?

2. What were your friends doing at 6 p.m. yesterday evening?

3. What were you doing last weekend?

4. What was the teacher doing when you first saw her/him today?
Past
Past Continuous
Continuous with
with While
While 11
A folyamatos múltat a while-szócska segítségével arra is
használhatjuk, hogy 2 vagy több, egymással egyidőben történő
folyamatot írjunk le.

The man was reading

the newspaper while the
woman was eating her
ice cream.
most
múlt jövő
was reading
was eating
Past
Past Continuous
Continuous with
with While
While 22
A folyamatos múltat a while-szócska segítségével arra is
használhatjuk, hogy 2 vagy több, egymással egyidőben
történő folyamatot írjunk le.

While I was describing

While
the theft,
the theft, the
the police
police
officer was
officer was writing
writing
everything down.
everything down.
most
múlt jövő
was describing
was writing
 Time
Time Clauses
Clauses
A time clause (while vagy when) lehet a mondat elején
és a végén is.

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when the thief snatched the briefcase.

When the thief snatched the briefcase ,

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Vigyázz!
Ha a mondatban 2 past simple van, akkor az nem
ugyanazt jelenti, mintha az egyik past simple-ben és a
másik past cont-ban lenne!

When the waiter came,

came Először jött a pincér
Először jött a pincér
és utána megnéztem
és utána megnéztem
I looked at the menu. az étlapot.
az étlapot.

When the waiter came,

came Először nézegettem
Először nézegettem
I was looking at the menu. az étlapot, utána jött
az étlapot, utána jött
pincér....
aapincér

came
most
múlt came was looking
jövő

looked
 Írj mondatokat a while-lal.
Gyakorlás 2 Használd a folyamatos
múltat.
Example: read / steal
While the man was reading,
reading the prisoner was stealing his wallet.

1. talk / drink 3. play / watch 4. not look / burn

2. shine / splash 5. talk / sit
4.
5.
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burning.
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watching.
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