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