Structure - Estructura

The structure of a simple sentence in past progressive tense is the following:

La estructura de una sencilla oración en tiempo pasado progresivo es la siguiente:

noun/pronoun + was/were + verb in progressive form. "was y were son complementos"

Examples: Ejemplos:

I was walking.

You were eating.

She was thinking.

We were planning.

It was snowing.

The Moon was lighting.

Uses - Usos

Present Progressive: The action was in progress when another action occurred.

Past progressive tense is usually used to communicate that an activity was going on when another action occurred. Example:

El tiempo pasado progresivo es comúnmente usado para comunicar que una actividad estaba sucediendo cuando otra acción ocurrió. Ejemplo:

When I was walking home, I saw my old friend John.

I saw my old friend John is the part in simple past tense, and when I was walking home is te part in past progressive tense. Another example is

I saw my old friend es una parte en tiempo pasado simple, y when I was walking home es una parte dependiente en tiempo pasado progresivo. Otro ejemplo es

Because it was raining, we could not go outside.

A sentence including a part in past progressive tense may also expresses that an activity was in progress at some point in the past. Example:

Una oración que incluya una parte en tiempo pasado progresivo puede expresar también que una actividad estaba sucediendo en cierto momento en el pasado. Ejemplo:

Last day at midnight, we were watching movies.

A sentence may, of course, include two parts in past progressive tense when it is intended to express that two activities were in progress simultaneously. Example:

Una oración puede, por supuesto, incluir dos partes en pasado progresivo cuando se pretende expresar que dos actividades estaban llevándose a cabo simultáneamente. Ejemplos:

While I was working, you were resting worriless.