NELSON SERNA BARANDICA

UNIT 9THINGS HAPPEN

PARTS OF BODY

PAST CONTINUOUS

USES FORMS

I ----------MYSELFF YOU--YOURSELF

HE---HIMSELF SHE– HERSELF

IT-----ITSELF

WE---OURSELVES YOU-YOURSELVES

THEY---THEMSELVES

Use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer action in

the past was interrupted. The

interruption is usually a shorter action in the

Simple Past. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in

time.

POSITIVE

NEGATIVE

WAS&

WEREwasn't or was

not&

Weren’t or were not

QUESTION

WAS I RUNNING?

&WERE YOU

DOING?

Examples

I was studying while he was

making dinner

POSITIVE

I wasn't paying

attention while I

was writing

the letter, so

I made several

mistakes

NEGATIVE

Were you just studying

when she

called?

QUESTION

She broke

her arm

He got a black

eye

She sprained her ankle

he cut his

finger

ACCIDENTS HAPPEN