The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides the formation of the past continuous, using "was/were + verb+ing". It explains that the past continuous is used to describe actions that were happening or ongoing at a specific time in the past. Examples are given of using the past continuous alongside the past simple tense to describe interrupted actions. A chart is then provided as an example of using the past continuous to ask and answer questions about what someone was doing at different times yesterday.

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2. Form The past continuous is formed with: The past of the verb to be (was/were) and a verb ending in –ING: was/were+Verb-ing

3. Form Positive: I was speaking You were speaking He/she/it was speaking We/you/they were speaking Negative: I wasn’t speaking You weren’t speaking He/she/it were speaking We/you/they were speaking Question … was I speaking…? … were you speaking…? … was he/she/it speaking…? Were we/you/they speaking…?

4. uses El pasado continuo se usa para expresar cosas que sucedían/estaban sucediendo en un momento concreto del pasado. Es como el presente continuo, pero en pasado. Yesterday at 5.00 I was studying It was raining all yesterday afternoon

5. The past simple and the past continuous El pasado simple y el pasado continuo a menudo van juntos. When I phoned yesterday you were sleeping La acción que expresa el pasado simple es la que corta la acción que va en pasado continuo, es decir algo estaba sucediendo ( pasado continuo) cuando pasa algo y lo interrumpe (pasado simple) I was having a bath when the phone rang 1º estaba tomando un baño 2º sonó el teléfono

6. When/ while Son dos partículas que van con el pasado simple y el pasado continuo When- cuando. A menudo acompaña al verbo que va en pasado While- mientras. A menudo va con el verbo que está en pasado continuo What were you doing when I phoned ? While they were playing football it started to rain

7. Look at this chart Sleep Play football 5 pm - 7 pm Help her mum Sleep with Stella 1 pm – 5 pm Salsa dance Do gymnastics 11 am – 1 pm Surf the internet Study 9 am – 11 am Yes No

8. What was Anne doing yesterday at these times? What was she doing yesterday at 10 am? She wasn’t playing football. She was sleeping What was she doing yesterday at 12 am? She wasn’t doing gymnastics. She was surfing the Internet What was she doing yesterday at 3 pm? She wasn’t sleeping with her friend. She was helping her mum What was she doing yesterday at 6 pm? She wasn’t playing football. She was sleeping

9. WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING?

10. HE’S READING A BOOK

11. SHE’S PLAYING FOOTBALL

12. HE’S COOKING

13. WHAT’S HAPPENING? IT’S RAINING

14. HE’S SWIMMING

15. HAVE YOU GOT A GOOD MEMORY? YES?

16. WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE DOING? 1.- HE WAS READING A BOOK 2.- SHE WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL 3.- HE WAS COOKING 4.- IT WAS RAINING 5.- HE WAS SWIMMING

17. What were you doing yesterday at…? 1 o’clock pm 12.30 pm 6 pm 9 pm 12 pm