Baumana Street has long been regarded a trading centre and featured a concentration of the main mercantile establishments of the city. The street was the second most significant street of Kazan's central district. It was famous for its banks and notary offices, different shops, drugstores, and hotels. At the beginning of the twentieth century there was a shop in every building.
Baumana Street has existed since the 15th century. It ran from the Khan's Palace at the edge of the city. In ancient times the Nogayskaya Road was there. At the end of the 16th century, the street was named Prolomnaya and later is was renamed Bolshaya Prolomnaya. It was named for the two breaches of the Kremlin wall, which were made as the result of the explosions of the tower Nur-Ali and Lower Nogaysky gates during the siege of the Kremlin by the troops ofIvan the Terrible in 1552.
Later the street was named Bogoyavlenskaya (Epiphany) after the church, which was built in 1731-1756.
Famous Russian singer Fyodor Shalyapin was baptised in Bogoyavlenskaya Church. Nowadays there is a statue of Shalyapin on Baumana Street, near the church. It is the only such statue in the world.
In 1930, the street was named Baumana Street in honour of the famous localrevolutionary hero Nikolay Bauman. He was born in 1873 and graduated from the Kazan Veterinary Institute.
Упражнение 1. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в фоpму Past Continuous.
1. While I _____was copying ______ (to copy) the exercise, my friends _____were describing_____ (to describe) a picture.
2. When we came in, the children _____were cleaning_____ (to clean) their desks.
3. We met her at the bus stop. She _____was waiting ______ (to wait) for the bus.
4. Some of the children ____were skiing____ (to ski) while other children ____were skating_______ (to skate). Everybody _____was having_____ (to have) a lot of fun.
5. When we came the family ____was getting____ (to get) everything ready for Christmas. Bob and Helen ____were decorating_____ (to decorate) the Christmas tree.
6. The girls ____were feeding_____ (to feed) the birds in the garden while the boys ____were making___ (to make) a bird-house.
Упражнение 2. Допишите предложения по содержанию текста предыдущего упражнения, используя глаголы в Past Continuous.
1.When someone broke the window Dad was watching TV
2.When Mum heard the crash she was sitting in the kitchen,quietly
reading a woman’s magazine.
3. The cousins didn’t hear the noise because they were listening to rock music.
4. The dogs were lying in front of the fire when the noise woke them up.
5. At 7.30 Nick was playing football with his friend in the garden.
Упражнение 3. Вставьте подходящие по смыслу глаголы в форме Past Continuous.
play swim feed sleep laugh
Yesterday we went to the zoo and saw there a lot of animals. First we went to see the white bears. They ___were swimming_______. Then we went to the cage with monkeys. There were a lot of children in front of the cage. They ______were laughing_____ because a monkey in the the cage ______was playing______. After that we went to see the elephant. There was a man there. He _____was feeding_______the elephant. But we _____didn't ______ see much of the lions. They ______were sleeping _________.
Упражнение 4. Из имеющихся слов составьте вопросы к готовым ответам. Все вопросы должны быть в Past Continuous.
1. Where were the white bears swimming?
- In the swimming pool.
2. was it raining ?
- Oh, no. It wasn’t. The sun was shining brightly.
3. what was the elephant eating?
- Some grass and fruit.
4. What was the monkey playing with?
— With a small ball.
5. how many lions were sleeping in the cage?
— Both of them.
Упражнение 5. Дополните вопросы и ответы глаголами в Past Continous.
— Mr. Rambler , what ___were____ you ___doing___ (do) at 6.30 ?
— Oh, I ______was reading______ (read) at that time in my room.
— Were you? _______were______ you really ______reading_____ (read)? What ______were____ you ____reading____ (read) at that time?
— A book.
— Did your friends see you then?
— No, they didn’t. They _______were watching________ (watch TV).
— What ____were____ they _____watching_______ (watch)?
— Some film. But why?
— Some people saw a man who ______was trying_____ (try) to kill an elephant at that time. We think it was you.
Упражнение 6. Составьте вопросы в Past Continuous. Используйте вопросительные слова в скобках.
1. When were you watching TV last night?
2. What books were we speaking about at the lesson?
where were we speaking about books at the lesson?
3. were they practising a new game after school or at the lesson?
4. what was Nick cleaning, when I came?
5 where was he returning with a pail of water?
D
2terribly
3quietly
4well
5fast
6happily
7easily
8lazily
E
1carefully
2hard
3early
4late
5terribly
6well
7slowly
8loudly