UNIVERSIDAD EVANGÉLICA DE EL SALVADOR

Licenciatura en traducción e interpretación del idioma inglés

Name: Dennis Jeancarlo Quijano Guzmán.

Teacher´s name: Lic. Soraya Osorio.

Subject: English.

Past continuous.

Topic:

I started doing I was doing I finished doing ———I——————————————————————-I——————————–I

—–Past Now

We usually use the Past Continuous to talk about

activities that lasted for some time in the past. The actions can be interrupted by something or can be happening at the same time.

The Past Continuous is

represented for differents forms:

Affirmative sentences.Negative Sentences.YES/NO Question.WH- Question.

Affirmative

Senteces.

Past Continuous in the affirmative sentences:

We form the past continuous tense with the helping verb was/were + present participle (V1 + -ing).

You can use the next form for realized a affirmative sentences:

Examples:

Subject+was/were+verb with ing+complement.

• We were sitting in the garden when my uncle arrived.

• I was eating when my boss called.

• She was playing vide games with her brother.

Negative

Sentences.

Past Continuous in the negative sentences:

We form the negative with the helping verb was/were + not + present participle (V1 + -ing).

Examples:

Subject + was/were + not + verb + ing + complement.

• I wasn't having dinner at the hotel.

• We weren't playing football when the earthquake began.

Yes / No Question.

Past Continuous in the yes/no question :

We form questions by using the helping verb was/were + subject + present participle (V1 + -ing).

Examples:

Was/were + subject+ verb + ing + complement + ?

• Was she going to the theater when it started raining?

• Were you painting your house yesterday at 5 PM?

• Was Mary shopping when the mall was burning?

WH- Question

Past Continuous in the WH- Question :

In these questions we must change the order of the subject and the auxiliary verb, as we did in the type yes / no, and replace the information we asked for the corresponding interrogative particle.

Examples:

Wh-question + was/were + subject + verb + ing + complement + ?.

• What were the defenders doing when Kenneth struck the ball?

• •What were we eating?

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