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T E A C H E R T A N I A P A D I L L A
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
What is past coninuous tense?
 This is a tense also known as the past progressive
tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was
happening at some point in the past.
 There are many situations in which this verb tense
might be used in a sentence, for example to describe
conditions that existed in the past.
Structure
 Affirmative form
Subject + was/were + verb-ing + complement
I was reading a recipe
 Negative Form
Subject + wasn´t/weren´t + verb-ing + complement
I wasn´t reading a recipe, it was a book.
 Question form
Was/were + subject +verb-ing + complement + ?
Was I reading a book?
Previous Task
 Presentation: https://www.emaze.com/@AOZIOOQ
IR/teacher-tania-1

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Past continuous tense

  • 1. T E A C H E R T A N I A P A D I L L A PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
  • 2. What is past coninuous tense?  This is a tense also known as the past progressive tense, refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past.  There are many situations in which this verb tense might be used in a sentence, for example to describe conditions that existed in the past.
  • 3. Structure  Affirmative form Subject + was/were + verb-ing + complement I was reading a recipe  Negative Form Subject + wasn´t/weren´t + verb-ing + complement I wasn´t reading a recipe, it was a book.  Question form Was/were + subject +verb-ing + complement + ? Was I reading a book?
  • 4. Previous Task  Presentation: https://www.emaze.com/@AOZIOOQ IR/teacher-tania-1