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1. PAST CONTINUOUS / There was - there were
UNIVERSIDADNACIONALJOSÉ FAUSTTINO SÁNCHEZ CARRIÓN
DOCENTE: Mg. María Elena Villafuerte Castro
INGLÉSII
III - CICLO
Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas

3. I WAS READING THEY WERE WORKING
We use it to indicate actions that we were performing
in the past.
SHE WAS SINGING THERE.

4. PRONOUNS
I
HE
SHE
It
YOU
WE
YOU
THEY
I was reading
Past of
verb to be
WAS
WERE
VERBS
Sing singing
Work working
Write writing
Dance dancing
Run running
Swin swimming
Lie lying
Die dying
1st rule: If the verb has an "E" at the end, first we eliminate the "E" and
just add "ING".
2nd rule: When the verb is monosyllabic and it ends in "CVC" the last
consonant is doubled and the "ING" is added
3rd rule: If the verb ends in "IE", the "IE" is changed to a "Y" and the
"ING" is added.

5. I WAS singing
It was dancing
SENTENCES
You were running
HE WAS WRITING
We were swimming You were lying
They were dying

6. You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were
I was
watch
watch ing
watch ing
ed
watched ing
watch ing
watch ing
watch ing
watch ing
ed
AFFIRMATIVE
ed
ed
ed
ed
ed
ing

7. She was not singing in the theater
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
It was not working hard at night
We were not dancing when you arrived
“NOT”
They were not lying to Sara
Wasn´t
Weren´t
Wasn´t
Weren´t

8. NEGATIVE
I was not watching
You were not watching
He was not watching
She was not watching
It was not watching
We were not watching
You were not watching
They were not watching
wasn’t
weren’t
wasn’t
wasn’t
wasn’t
weren’t
weren’t
weren’t

9. She was singing in the theater
INTERROTIVE SENTENCES
It was working hard at night
We were dancing when you arrived
“?”
They were lying to Sara
was She singing in the theater? was It working hard at night?
were We dancing when you arrived? were They lying to Sara?
Yes, she was
No, she wasn´t
Yes, it was
No,it wasn´t
Yes, you were
No, you weren´t
Yes, they were
No, they weren´t

10. INTERROGATIVE
I was
Was I
You were
Were you
He was
Was he
She was
Was she
It was
Was it
We were
Were we
You were ?
Were you
They were
Were they
Yes, I was/you were
No, I wasn’t/you weren’t
Yes, we/you/they were
No, we/you/they weren’t
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
watching ?
watching ?
watching ?
watching ?
?
watching
?
watching
watching
?
watching
Yes, he/she/it was
No, he/she/it wasn’t

11. I WAS READING THAT BOOK LAST YEAR
YOU WERE CRYING YESTERDAY
USES UF THE PAST CONTINUOS
He was working here in 2016.
 We use it to indicate an action that they were
performing in the past at a specific time.

12. They were playing when I fell.
You called me while I was cooking
USES UF THE PAST CONTINUOS
 We use it to indicate that
when we were doing an
action in the past, another
happened:
 We use it to indicate that two
actions were happening at
the same time.
They were playing while I was
cooking.
She was crying while you were
watching a movie.

14. What were they doing?
The girls were playing basketball.

15. What was she doing?
She was relaxing in the beach.

16. Were they playing football?
They weren’t playing football, they were having dinner.

17. Was he working at the office?
He wasn’t working at the office, he was listening to music in the
square.

18. What did you
see?
It was about ten in the morning,
and I was sitting in Maxi’s Café
near City Park.
I was having a cup of coffee, and I
was watching the people in the
café.
What were you
doing?
Practice!!!!
 Have a
conversation,
use the past
progressive.
 Finally with your group, sing the song by clicking on the
following link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEuM1DJAHnA