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МатематикаВопрос:
2 You didn't answer when I phoned you this morning. What did you do / were you doing?
Ответ:
2. You didn't answer when I phoned you this morning. What were you doing?
В данном предложении используется вопрос о том, что человек делал в определенный момент в прошлом (когда ему позвонили). Past Continuous (were you doing) подчеркивает действие, которое происходило в определенный момент времени, в то время как Past Simple (did you do) спрашивает о действии в целом, без акцента на его длительность.
Ответ: were you doing
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