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Past continuous

Mario Molina

Created on July 28, 2021

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Transcript

WHENWHILE

WAS/WERE

01

ING

Past Continuous

INTERRUPTION

start

PROGRESSIVE

VERB

ING

WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE

OF THE PAST CONTINUOUS

WAS/WERE

What do we use

past continuous for?

Can you give me

an example?

Do we use it with

stative verbs?

Do we use it

with repeated actions in past?

was

WERE

Past continuous

what is it for?

-Actions in progress at a past time -Was/Were + VerbING -Not usually with stative verbs -NOT for repeated actions in past

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VerbING

Test

WHICH IS inCORRECT?

  • I WAS WALKING WHEN I TRIPPED AND FELL
  • I WAS WALKING WHILE I TRIPPED AND FELL
  • When I was walking, I tripped and fell
  • While I was walking, I tripped and fell

When/While

The past simple (Short actions) often interrupt the past continuous (LOng actions)

When/while to connect actions. DO NOT use while before the short action

POLITNESS

Past continuous

DID YOU KNOW THAT PAST CONTINUOS

i was wondering if....

Was

were

Using the past continuous can make sentences seem more polite by distancing them from the present

You can use the past continuous to make things sound more polite, because is temporary and casual

IS POLITE?

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