Past Continuous

Hello students!

How are you doing? Ready for a new tense? 

Hoy vamos a repasar el Past Continuous. Antes de nada, es importante recordar cómo se forma: WAS/WERE + -ING.

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El Past Continuous se utiliza para expresar loque estaba ocurriendo en un momento del pasado y para describir dos o más acciones prolongadas e incluso simultáneas en el pasado.

I was having dinner 5 minutes ago.

I was studying while my brother was watching TV.

AFFIRMATIVE (Sujeto + was/were + -ing)

I was dancing
You were dancing
He was dancing
We/You/They were dancing

NEGATIVE (Sujejo + wasn't/weren't + -ing)

I wasn't dancing
You weren't dancing
He wasn't dancing
We/You/They weren't dancing

INTERROGATIVE (Was/Were + Sujeto + -ing + ?)

Was I dancing?
Were you dancing?
Was he dancing?
Were we/you/they dancing?

SHORT ANSWERS

Yes, I was. //  No, I wasn't.
Yes, we were. // No, we weren't. 


Algunas de las expresiones de tiempo asociadas a este tiempo verbal pueden ser:
at five o'clock, yesterday, a week ago...

Ejemplo: I was reading a book at five o'clock.

Las spelling rules del verbo con -ing son las mismas que las del Present Continuous. Para echarle un vistazo rápido pincha aquí.

Nada más por hoy. Os dejo unos ejercicios aquí abajo. En la siguiente entrada veremos cuándo usar when o while, de qué tiempo verbal van seguidos y la posibilidad de encontrar una frase en la que debamos usar pasado simple y contínuo.


Ejercicio 1. (by EGO4U)
Varios ejercicios. (by Isabel Pérez)
Ejercicios. (by Montse Morales)