This is my Power Point of Past Continuous.

2. Past continuous form
I
He/She
It
WAS+ing
Verbs ending in E=ING
converse=conversing
Verbs ending in Y=YING
Study=studyng
1 syllable CVC= we double C
Chat=chatting

3. Past continuous form
 We
 You
 They
WERE+ ING
Verbs ending in E= ING
Come=coming
Verbs ending in= YING
Play= playing
1 syllable CVC=we double C
Eat=eatting

4. USES
 We use the Past Continuous to talk about situations in
the past and images...
 AFFIRMATIVE
 NEGATIVE
SUB+WAS/WERE
+ING+COMPLEMENT
My mum was eatting at my
father’s restaurant.
SB+WASN’T/WEREN’T+IN
G+COMPLEMENT
My brother wasn’t cooking a
cake.

5. USES
 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
 INTERROGATIVE
INVERSION
WAS/WERE+SUBJECT
+ING+COMPLEMENT
Was she playing a
basketball match?
Were the boys doing the
homework?

6. •The boy was eating an ice
cream of chocolate and
strawberries.
•The man was sleeping on
the tree.
•The man was doing a
hamburger for the family.
•The couple was walking
on the street.
•The girls were taking a
cocktail on the park.
•The family was having a
good time.
•The man was playing a
golf.

7. Past simple
 USES:
 We use the past simple to talk about past finished
actions.
 Past expressions:
 Last week, last day, last month...
 Examples:
 They did a global exam of Spanish.
 He carried the balls of the match.
 Last week I was chatting with my friends of Blanes.

8. Forms of Past Simple
 AFFIRMATIVE: SB+VERB IN PAST+COMPLEMENT
 He came at my home last wednesday
 She watched a film.
REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
DID/DIDN’T

9. QUESTIONS
 (QUESTION WORD)+AUXILIARY(DID)+SB+INF?
 When did you go last summer?
 When did she sing a song?
 NEGATIVE:
 SB+DIDN’T+INFINITIVE+COMPLEMENT
 We didn’t stay with my fathers.
 They didn’t score in the match.

10. Past continuous & Past simple together
 Past continuous=long action
 Past simple=interrupted/short action
 WHEN+PAST SIMPLE
 WHILE+PAST CONTINUOUS
 I was doing my homework when my mum enter in my
bedroom
 I was washing the dishes when the water stopped.
Interrupted action

11. WHILE=LONG ACTION
 While I was watching TV my brother was calling her
girlfriend.
 While my mum was doing the dinner I was chatting
with friends
 While my father was working I was playing a football
match
Parallel actions

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