Introduction to ArtificiaI Intelligence in Higher Education
González, NictéAndrea: Práctica #2
1. NORTHEAST SCHOOL OF
AGRICULTUR
Third Fourt-Month
Practice English
Engineer Óscar García
Group Practice #3
NictéAndrea González
2. RULES: Continuous Past
(Conjugation).
• The structure of the Continuous Past (Past Continuous Tense) is:
• [SUJETO] + was/were + [VERBO con terminación -ing ]
Conjugación Significado
I was working yo estaba trabajando
you were working tú estabas trabajando
he was working
él estaba trabajando
we were working nosotros estabamos trabajando
you were working vosotros estabais trabajando
they were working ellos estaban trabajando
3. RULES: Continuous Past (Denial)
• Negation is formed by simply adding the adverb "no" from the verb "to be" (was / were)
and the main verb of the sentence:
• [SUJETO] + was/were not + [VERBO con la terminación -ing ( gerundio)]
• Examples:
• I was not singing
• He was not singing
4. RULES: Continuous Past
(Interrogation)
• To construct the query simply the verb "to be" and the subject is reversed:
Structure of the question:
• was/were + [SUJETO]+ [VERBO con la terminación -ing ( gerundio)]
Conjugación Significado
was I singing? ¿estaba cantando?
were you singing? ¿estabas cantando?
was he singing? ¿estaba cantando?
were we singing? ¿estabamos cantando?
were you singing? ¿estabais cantando?
were they singing? ¿estaban cantando?
5. Exercise:
• To form the past continuous auxiliary verb "to be" and the gerund (infinitive + "-ing") of
the verb is used. The auxiliary verb "to be" is in the simple past, but keep in mind that "to
be" is an irregular verb.
Sujeto Auxiliar (to be) Gerundio
I, He, She, It was
talking, eating,
learning, doing,
going...
You, We, They were
talking, eating,
learning, doing,
going...
6. Exercise:
• You can also practice with songs.
Here's a song, the famous John Lennon song "Jealous Guy", practice translating and
pronouncing to achieve your goal it is to understand and structure the continuous past.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzhyKn1ThpU
7. Use the Continuous Past:
• The "past continuous" is used to:
• Actions that began in the past and want to stress that had a certain duration.
• I was eating an apple
![RULES: Continuous Past
(Conjugation).
• The structure of the Continuous Past (Past Continuous Tense) is:
• [SUJETO] + was/were + [VERBO con terminación -ing ]
Conjugación Significado
I was working yo estaba trabajando
you were working tú estabas trabajando
he was working
él estaba trabajando
we were working nosotros estabamos trabajando
you were working vosotros estabais trabajando
they were working ellos estaban trabajando](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)