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Past Continuous

Stephanie Juarez Martinez LAEV

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Past Continuous.

The past cotinuous is a verb tense used to describe an action that was in progress at a specific point in the past. It indicates that something was happening at a certain time in the past and that action was taking place for a continuous period of time.The structure of the past continuous is formed by using the verb "to be" in the past tense (was/were) followed by the main verb in the gerund form (ING).

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We can use the past continuous to talk about an action in progress. It can be used to do affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.

It can be used to describe two actions that were happening in the past at the same time.

The past continuous can be used to describe the environment or situaction at a specific time.

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The past continuous is used with expressions of time like "while"and "when".

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Rules

Gramatical structures

Afirmative

Karime was playing in her computer.

Vianey was sleeping in the sofa.

Negative

Sebastian wasn´t picking up his toys.

Matias wasn´t reading the newspaper.

Interrogative

Was Ibeth baking cookies?

Was Fernando watching a horror movie?

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While

A monkey was hanging from a tree when he ate a banana.

A car was in the traffic when one of it´s doors was opened.

A chef was cooking when he cut his finger.

A runner was spraning his foot while running a marathon.

They were walking in the park when it strated to rain.

Fatima was eating while she was working.

Pedro was smoking while having a beer.

Isaac was painting the wall while listening to music.

Grece was injecting a patient while was receiving instruction.

Vicky was writing a note while she was kicking a box.

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