Réponse :

1. What were you doing at 10.05 a.m. yesterday?

2. Where was Joan Turner?

3. What was Mrs Jones doing?

4. Where was Mrs Walters going?

5. How many robbers went into the bank?

6. Were they carrying guns?

7. Where was the big car waiting?

8. Was the driver a man or a woman?

9. Did you see a man in an old jacket on the corner?

10. Were some men repairing the road?

11. Was anyone waiting at the bus stop?

Mr. Smith told me that at 10.05 a.m. yesterday, he was in the street. Joan Turner was at the baker’s. Mrs. Jones was walking with her dog. Mrs. Walkers was going to the baker's or to the butcher's . Three robbers went into the bank and they were carrying guns. A big car was waiting across the street and the driver was a woman. A man in an old jacket was on the corner and some men were repairing the road. Two children were waiting at the bus stop.

( Pour Joan Tuner, il faut dire où elle allait. D'après l'image, je ne sais pas si elle allait à la boucherie ou à la boulangerie... Modifie ce que j'ai mis si tu vois mieux )

Explications :

preterit continu ( was/were + BV-ing ) pour décrire des actions en cours dans le passé à un moment donné, planter le décor d’une histoire

prétérit : pour les action brèves qui viennent interrompre la narration ( = l’histoire que l’on est en train de décrire au prétérit continu )

( Tout est dan la nuance : le prétérit raconte, le prétérit continu décrit )

Exemples:

→ Yesterday, I had breakfast, then I went to school. Later, I went to visit my best friend. ( je raconte ce que j’ai fait hier, succession d’action =prétérit ))

→ Yesterday, I was having breakfast when the phone rang. It was my best friend, she was having trouble with her sister. ( je décris ce que j’étais en train de faire (=prétérit continu ) le coup de téléphone a interrompu ce que j’étais en train de faire ( = prétérit ).