This document discusses the past continuous tense in Spanish. The past continuous is used to describe actions that were happening at a specific time in the past. It is formed using the verb "to be" in the past simple tense plus the present participle (infinitive + "-ing") of the main verb. Examples are given of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences using the past continuous tense structure. The past continuous is used to talk about actions that were occurring at a specific time in the past or two simultaneous actions that were happening in the past.

1. Past continuous

3. El pasado continuo se utiliza para
acciones que ocurrieron en un
momento específico en el pasado.
Como el presente continuo, se forma
con el verbo "to be" y el gerundio

4. Para formar el pasado continuo se utiliza el verbo
auxiliar "to be" y el gerundio (infinitivo + "-ing") del
verbo. El verbo auxiliar "to be" está en el pasado simple,
pero ten en cuenta que "to be" es un verbo irregular.

5. structure
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. Examples of the past
continuous
Affirmative Sentences

7. 1. I was talking.
2.She was crying
3.He was eating.
4.They were learning.

8. Negative Sentences

9. Interrogative Sentences
1.Were you talking?
2.Was he eating?
3.Were they learning?

10. Se usa el pasado continuo para hablar
sobre acciones en un tiempo específico en
el pasado.
Paula wasn't living in Spain in 2005
We were still working at 10 o'clock last
night.

11. Se usa el pasado continuo para dos
acciones que estaban ocurriendo al mismo
tiempo en el pasado.
My son was reading while I was cooking.
They were talking very loudly while we were trying to
watch the movie.