The document describes the past continuous tense in Spanish. It provides examples of using the past continuous tense to describe actions that were ongoing in the past, including affirmative, negative, and interrogative examples. It also provides examples using common verbs like watching, wearing, playing, having dinner, and calling.

1. Past Continuous

2. Affirmative
was
Sujeto + + ___________-ing …
were

3. Negative
was
Sujeto + + not + _______-ing …
were

4. Interrogative
Was
+ sujeto + ____-ing …?
Were

5. Short answers
was.
Yes, + sujeto +
were.

6. Short answers
was not.
No, + sujeto +
were not.

7. Utilizamos el past continuous
para describir acciones
prolongadas que estaban
sucediendo en el pasado.

8. • We were watching TV.
• She wasn’t listening to music.
• I was wearing jeans.
• Were you reading a book? Yes, we
were.
• Was Paul running? No, he wasn’t.
• They weren’t coming home.

9. Estaba viendo una película.
I was watching a film.

10. Ella no estaba leyendo un periódico.
She wasn’t reading a newspaper.

11. ¿Estabas estudiando inglés? Si,
estaba.
Were you studying English? Yes, I
was.

12. No estaban cenando.
They weren’t having dinner.

13. Estábamos hablando sobre películas.
We were talking about films.

14. ¿Estaba ella jugando al baloncesto?
No, no estaba.
Was she playing basketball?
No, she wasn’t.

15. Llevaba puestos vaqueros, camiseta
blanca y zapatillas deportivas azules.
I was wearing jeans, a white
T-shirt and blue trainers.

16. Los niños estaban jugando al fútbol
a las cinco ayer.
The children were playing
football at five o’clock yesterday.

17. Ella no llevaba puesto un vestido
rojo y zapatos negros.
She wasn’t wearing a red dress
and black shoes.

18. Llamaste mientras estaba viendo la
tele.
You called while I was watching
TV.

19. ¿Llevaban puesto un jersey verde y
una falda amarilla? No, no llevaban.
Were they wearing a green sweater
and a yellow skirt? No, they weren’t.

20. A las 9 anoche estábamos cenando.
At 9 o’clock last night we were
having dinner.

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