Exercise 8.4B
Choose the English which most accurately reflects each Ukrainian sentence.
Що ви прочитали останнім часом?
- What were you reading just then?
- What have you read recently?
Діти сиділи і слухали бабусину казку.
- The children were sitting and listening to their grandmother’s story.
- The children sat down and listenend to their grandmother’s story.
Під час концерту хор заспівав три пісні.
- During the concert the choir was supposed to sing three songs.
- During the concert the choir sang three songs.
Міністерство зробило заяву стосовно кризової ситуації.
- The ministry issued a statement about the crisis situation.
- The ministry was issuing a statement about the crisis situation.
Президент написав прем’єрові листа.
- The president wrote a letter to the PM.
- The president was in the process of writing a letter to the PM.
Чи знаєте, як працювали давні друкарні?
- Do you know how old printing works functioned?
- Do you know how old printing works performed that job?
Дівчина фотографувала перехожих.
- The girl was taking photos of passers-by.
- The girl took a number of photos of passers-by.
«Ми від вчора не обідали, не вечеряли і не снідали» (народна пісня).
- Since yesterday we haven’t had breakfast, lunch or supper.
- Yesterday we had a good lunch, but no breakfast or supper.