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 ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS

 ADRIAN ALMEIDA
• Structure

               • Positive form

  • Subject + was/were + (-ing) + Complement




PAST CONTINUOS
EXAMPLES

• Michael was watching the World Cup match.

• They were working all night long.

• Josh and Silvia were talking about getting married.
NEGATIVE FORM
Subject + wasn’t/weren’t + (-
ing) + Complement
• Examples:
• -      John wasn’t eating because he was feeling sick.
  -      Jeff wasn’t watching TV.
  -      My parents weren’t having a good time because it was
  very cold in Canada
Question Form
(Question Word) + was/were +
Subject + (-ing) + Complement
• EXAMPLES
• -   What were you doing last night at around 8:00pm?
  -   Was Jim doing his homework?
  -   Were they sleeping all morning?
Past continuous is very similar IN STRUCTURE to the Present
Continuous tense. The only difference is that in the present
continuous we use the verb to be in the present (am/is/are) but with
the past continuous we use the verb to be in the past (was/were)
• USE

•     We use the past continuous to talk about an action
    that was in progress at a certain time in the past, an
    action at some point in the past between its beginning
    and end

•     Example: He was working in the garden at 7
    o’clock this morning.
• The past continuous is used to describe an action that we
  were “in the middle of” at a time in the past.
  -      I was watching TV at 8:00pm. (I was “in the
  middle of watching TV” at 8:00)
  -      Miguel was cooking at noon. (At that time, Miguel
  was “in the middle of cooking”)

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ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS ADRIAN ALMEIDA PAST CONTINUOS STRUCTURE

  • 1. UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS ADRIAN ALMEIDA
  • 2. • Structure • Positive form • Subject + was/were + (-ing) + Complement PAST CONTINUOS
  • 3. EXAMPLES • Michael was watching the World Cup match. • They were working all night long. • Josh and Silvia were talking about getting married.
  • 4. NEGATIVE FORM Subject + wasn’t/weren’t + (- ing) + Complement • Examples: • - John wasn’t eating because he was feeling sick. - Jeff wasn’t watching TV. - My parents weren’t having a good time because it was very cold in Canada
  • 5. Question Form (Question Word) + was/were + Subject + (-ing) + Complement • EXAMPLES • - What were you doing last night at around 8:00pm? - Was Jim doing his homework? - Were they sleeping all morning?
  • 6. Past continuous is very similar IN STRUCTURE to the Present Continuous tense. The only difference is that in the present continuous we use the verb to be in the present (am/is/are) but with the past continuous we use the verb to be in the past (was/were)
  • 7. • USE • We use the past continuous to talk about an action that was in progress at a certain time in the past, an action at some point in the past between its beginning and end • Example: He was working in the garden at 7 o’clock this morning.
  • 8. • The past continuous is used to describe an action that we were “in the middle of” at a time in the past. - I was watching TV at 8:00pm. (I was “in the middle of watching TV” at 8:00) - Miguel was cooking at noon. (At that time, Miguel was “in the middle of cooking”)