PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST CONTINUOUS

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UNIT 2. WEEK 4

INTRODUCTION

- INTRODUCE PAST CONTINUOUS- SHOW SOME EXAMPLES - USE THE ACTIVITY BOOK.¡GOOD LUCK!

PAST CONTINUOUS

USE

The Past Continuous tense expresses action at a particular moment in the past. The action started before that moment but has not finished at that moment.

VERBS - ING

VERB TO BE

• I was working at 10pm last night.
• They were not playing football at 9am this morning.
• What were you doing at 10pm last night?
• What were you doing when he arrived?
• She was cooking when I telephoned her.

CRIME WATCH

Structure

Affirmative: Subject+ verb to be in past+ verb-ing+complement

• I-he-she - it+ was+ verb(ing)+ complement
• you- we- they + were+ verb(ing)+ complement

I was watching tv when my mom called me

Negative: Subject+ verb to be in past+ not+ verb-ing+complement

• I-he-she - it+ was+not+ verb(ing)+ complement
• you- we- they + were+not+ verb(ing)+ complement

They weren´t watching tv when my mom called them

Structure

Interrogative: verb to be in past+ Subject+ verb-ing+complement?

• was+ I-he-she - it+verb(ing)+ complement?
• were+ you- we- they +verb(ing)+ complement?

Was I watching tv ?

Were you watching tv ?

WHILE / WHEN

both while and when are used when two things happen at the same time, but we tend to use while with two continuous actions and when with two single actions.

ACTIVITY 1

Correct the mistakes. There is one mistake in each sentence.

ACTIVITY 2

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING PAST CONTINUOUS FORM

ACTIVITY 3

Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the past progressive tense of the verbs

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