Past Continuous
O Past Continuous é usado para expressar um evento ou ação em progresso em um momento específico no passado.
I was reading my favorite book last night. It was raining a lot when we left. What were you doing at 10 a.m.? Yesterday, at 5 o' clock, I was going to the mall.
É formado pelo verbo to be no passado, acrescentando-se ing ao verbo principal:
Exemplos de uso:
I was playing yesterday. You were singing last night I was playing yesterday. You were singing last night. It was raining when I came. I WAS studying when you arrived.
NOTE: Lembre-se de que se usa was para I, he, she e it, e were para as demais pessoas.
A forma interrogativa e negativa é aquela correspondente ao verbo to be:
1.As formas negativas se formam com wasn't e weren't;
2.A forma interrogativa se forma com a anteposição de was/were ao sujeito, o que sempre acontece quando o verbo to be é o auxiliar
Advérbios de tempo e expressões que normalmente o acompanham:
Yesterday – ontem last (night, week, year, etc Yesterday – ontem last (night, week, year, etc.) – (noite, semana, ano, etc. ) passada / passado
RUN
Exemplo de conjugação com o verbo to run
Affirmative form I was running you were running he was running she was running it was running we were running you were running they were running
Negative form I wasn't running you weren't running he wasn't running she wasn't running it wasn't running we weren't running you weren't running they weren't running
Interrogative form was I running. were you running. was he running Interrogative form was I running? were you running? was he running? was she running? was it running? were we running? were you running? were they running?
Exemplos I was reading a book when she got home Exemplos I was reading a book when she got home. What were you doing when the guests arrived? She was swimming while we were playing soccer.
LET’S PRACTICE!
When the teacher arrived at school,. 1. (do homework) 2. (sing) 3 When the teacher arrived at school, ... 1. (do homework) 2. (sing) 3. (dance) 4. (drink) 5. (push) 6. (eat) 7. (play) 8. (ride) 9. (skate) 10. (climb)