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Past continuous: English Language
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- 2. Past Continuous Clue words at(nine o’clock,…) all (day, night,…) while last (Monday,…) as
- 3. Past Continuous Affirmative I YOU HE,SHE, IT WE YOU THEY Subject was/ were -ing form was were was were were were reading reading reading reading reading reading + +
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- 5. Past Continuous Negative I YOU HE,SHE, IT WE YOU THEY Subject was/ were not -ing form was not were not was not were not were not were not reading reading reading reading reading reading + +
- 6. Past Continuous I YOU HE, SHE,IT WE YOU THEY Subject wasn’t/ weren’t -ing form wasn’t weren’t wasn’t weren’t weren’t weren’t reading reading reading reading reading reading + + Negative
- 7. Past Continuous They weren’t payingattention to the teacher.
- 8. Past Continuous Interrogative I YOU HE,SHE, IT WE YOU THEY subjectwas/ were -ing form was were was were were were reading reading reading reading reading reading + + ? ? ? ? ? ?
- 9. Past Continuous Were thechildren swimming yesterday afternoon? No, they were playing.
- 10. We use thepast continuous to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. Past Continuous past now continuing past action specific time 1.
- 11. Past Continuous What were theydoing at six o’clock yesterday ?
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- 15. Past Continuous Anne, Cathy andJames were playing games.
- 16. Past Continuous They weretraining together.
- 17. Past Continuous Was itraining in the morning? Yes, it was.
- 18. Past Continuous past now continuing past action interruptionpast simple 2. Weuse the past continuous to talk about an action that was in progress when another one interrupted it.
- 19. Past Continuous She was readinga book when the alarm clock rang.
- 20. Past Continuous While Marywas writing the email, the computer suddenly went off.
- 21. Past Continuous The girlswere walking to school when Jason appeared.
- 22. Past Continuous She didn’tsee anyone known while she was running.
- 23. Past Continuous When youcalled I was listening to music.
- 24. 3. Past Continuous past now continuing pastaction 1 continuing past action 2 specific time We use the past continuous to talk about two actions that were in progress at the same time in the past.
- 25. Past Continuous He waslooking at Rose while she was reading a book.
- 26. Past Continuous They tookmany photos while they were visiting a new city.
- 27. Past Continuous While Charles wasreading Susan was solving Math problems.
- 28. Past Continuous What wereyou doing while I was cleaning the kitchen?
- 29. We use thepast continuous for activities as background description.4. Past Continuous
- 30. It was adreadful morning. The snow was still falling, the wind was blowing, and the cars were skidding on the icy roads. Past Continuous
- 31. Past Continuous The sun wasshining and the birds were singing…
- 32. The past continuous,with words such as "always" or "constantly“, expresses the idea that something irritating or shocking often happened in the past. 5. Past Continuous
- 33. Past Continuous He was always comingto class late.
- 34. Future Continuous She was constantly yelling. Sheannoyed everyone.
- 35. It is importantto remember that Non-Continuous Verbs cannot be used in any continuous tenses. Past Continuous like – love - hate – want - need prefer - know – suppose – mean believe – understand- seem,…
- 36. Instead of usingPast Continuous with these verbs, you must use Past Simple. Past Continuous like – love - hate – want - need prefer - know – suppose – mean believe – understand- seem,…
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