Past conituous

1. Inglés IV

2. ÍNDICE
• Tema a revisar 1: General information of past continuous
• Tema a revisar 2: Stative verbs
• Tema a revisar 3: Spelling of verbs in past continuous
• Tema a revisar 4: Past continuous affirmative and negative sentences
• Tema a revisar 5: Past continuous yes/no questions and information questions.
• Topic 6: Vocabulary

3. Topic 1: Past continuous
• The Past continuous is formed with the verb ‘to be’ in past and the
verb + ing.
• It is common to use a time expression indicating when the action
happened, e.g. last year, yesterday, two years ago.
Subject verb ‘to be’ + verb ing complement
Natalie was reading a book last night.

4. Topic 2. Past continuous
• Use the past continuous that an action occurred for a longer period
in the past.
• I was watching TV last night.
• You can use time expressions such as last night, yesterday or a
specific time in the past.

5. Topic 2. Stative verbs
Stative verbs or non-continuous verbs cannot be used in the past
continuous form. These are some examples…
• Abstract Verbs
• to be, to want, to cost, to seem, to need, to care, to contain, to owe, to exist...
• Possession Verbs
• to possess, to own, to belong...
• Emotion Verbs
• to like, to love, to hate, to dislike, to fear, to envy, to mind...
Examples:
• He was possessing a house last night. Not Correct
• He possessed a house last year. Correct

6. Topic 2: Past continuos-spelling

7. Topic 3 : Affirmative and negative
sentences
Examples of affirmative sentences
Examples of affirmative sentences
Subject verb complement
George was climbing a tree yesterday.
Lina and Pam were writing a story last night.
Subject Verb complement
Ed wasn’t working yesterday
I wasn’t listening to you last night.

8. Topic 4 : Yes/ No questions and
information questions
• Examples of yes/no questions
• Examples of information questions
Auxiliary Subject verb complement
Was he dancing with her last night?
Were they doing their homework?
Wh-question auxiliary Subject Verb complement
When were they arriving to the airport?
Why was she crying last night?

9. Topic 6:Vocabulary
I was playing soccer last night.
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10. Vocabulary
She was dancing with her boyfriend.
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11. Vocabulary
Greg was riding his motorcycle yesterday.
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12. Vocabulary
He was watching TV.
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13. Vocabulary
We were eating dinner.
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