Tenses

1. Teacher:
Student:
Kenia Samira Carrasco
Tema:
Essay
Asignatura:
English ll
Faculty:
Psychology
Place and Date:
Juticalpa Olancho 07-01-22

2. Past Continuous
 The past continuous (also called past progressive) is a verb tense which is used to show that an
ongoing past action was happening at a specific moment of interruption, or that two ongoing
actions were happening at the same time.
 Examples:
He was doing his homework
She was watching TV.

3. Past Continuous Form
 The past continuous is formed using was/were + present participle. Questions are indicated by
inverting the subject and was/were. Negatives are made with not.
Examples:
 Statement: You were cooking when I arrived.
 Question: Were you cooking when I arrived?
 Negative: You were not cooking when I arrived.

4. Past Continuous Uses
 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.
Examples:
 I was cooking when he arrived.
 Kenia was waiting for us when we got off the car.

5. Verb Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Eat He was eating. He was not eating. Was he eating?
Work Frank was working before I made the
dinner.
Frank was not working. Was Frank working.
Watch I was watching TV in the morning. I was not watching TV. Was I watching TV.
Play My brother was playing soccer. My brother was not playing
soccer.
Was my brother playing soccer.
Read They were reading an old book. They were not reading an
old book.
Were they reading an old book.
Sleep My dog was sleeping before dinner. My dog was not sleeping. Was my dog sleeping.
Clean We were cleaning our room last night. We were not cleaning our
room.
Were we cleaninig our room?
Go He was going to the park in the afternoon. He was not going to the
park.
Was he going to the park?
Ride She was riding her bike. She was not riding her bike. Was she riding her bike?
Buy My friend was buying a new cellphone
yesterday.
My friend was not buying a
new cellphone.
Was he buying a new
cellphone?
Do I was doing my homework. I was not doing my
homework.
Was I doing my homework?
Drink They were drinking beers last night. They were not drinking. Were they drinking last night?
Study Karen was studying for her exam. Karen was not studying. Was Karen studying?
Fight We were fighting for a decision. We were not fighting. Were we fighting?