PAST CONTINUOUS / There was - there were UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL JOSÉ FAUSTTINO SÁNCHEZ CARRIÓN DOCENTE: Mg. María Elena Villafuerte Castro INGLÉS II III - CICLO Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas
I WAS READ ING THEY WERE WORK ING PAST CONTINUOUS We use it to indicate actions that we were performing in the past. SHE WAS SING ING THERE .
PRONOUNS I HE SHE It YOU WE YOU THEY PAST CONTINUOUS I was read ing Past of verb to be WAS WERE VERBS Sing sing ing Work work ing Write writ ing Dance danc ing Run runn ing Swin swimm ing Lie ly ing Die dy ing 1st rule: If the verb has an "E" at the end, first we eliminate the "E" and just add "ING". 2nd rule: When the verb is monosyllabic and it ends in "CVC" the last consonant is doubled and the "ING" is added 3rd rule: If the verb ends in "IE", the "IE" is changed to a "Y" and the "ING" is added.
I WAS sing ing It was danc ing PAST CONTINUOUS SENTENCES You were run n ing HE WAS WRIT ING We were swim m ing You were l y ing They were d y ing
You were He was She was It was We were You were They were I was watch watch ing watch ing ed watch ed ing watch ing watch ing watch ing watch ing ed AFFIRMATIVE ed ed ed ed ed ing
She was not sing ing in the theater PAST CONTINUOUS NEGATIVE SENTENCES It was not work ing hard at night We were not danc ing when you arrived “NOT” They were not ly ing to Sara Was n´t Were n´t Was n´t Were n´t
NEGATIVE I was not watch ing You were not watch ing He was not watch ing She was not watch ing It was not watch ing We were not watch ing You were not watch ing They were not watch ing wasn’t weren’t wasn’t wasn’t wasn’t weren’t weren’t weren’t
She was sing ing in the theater PAST CONTINUOUS INTERROTIVE SENTENCES It was work ing hard at night We were danc ing when you arrived “?” They were ly ing to Sara was She sing ing in the theater ? was It work ing hard at night ? were We danc ing when you arrived ? were They ly ing to Sara ? Yes, she was No, she wasn´t Yes, it was No,it wasn´t Yes, you were No, you weren´t Yes, they were No, they weren´t
INTERROGATIVE I was Was I You were Were you He was Was he She was Was she It was Was it We were Were we You were ? Were you They were Were they Yes, I was /you were No, I wasn’t /you weren’t Yes, we/you/they were No, we/you/they weren’t QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS watch ing ? watch ing ? watch ing ? watch ing ? ? watching ? watch ing watch ing ? watch ing Yes, he/she/it was No, he/she/it wasn’t
I WAS READ ING THAT BOOK LAST YEAR YOU WERE CRY ING YESTERDAY PAST CONTINUOUS USES UF THE PAST CONTINUOS He was work ing here in 2016 . We use it to indicate an action that they were performing in the past at a specific time.
They were play ing when I fell. You called me while I was cook ing PAST CONTINUOUS USES UF THE PAST CONTINUOS We use it to indicate that when we were doing an action in the past, another happened: We use it to indicate that two actions were happening at the same time. They were play ing while I was cooking. She was cry ing while you were watch ing a movie.
PRACTICE NOW IT'S YOUR TURN!!!
What were they doing ? The girls were playing basketball .
What was she doing ? She was relaxing in the beach .
Were they playing football ? They weren’t playing football , they were having dinner .
Was he working at the office? He wasn’t working at the office, he was listening to music in the square .
What did you see? It was about ten in the morning, and I was sitting in Maxi’s Café near City Park. I was having a cup of coffee, and I was watching the people in the café. What were you doing? Practice!!!! Have a conversation, use the past progressive. Finally with your group, sing the song by clicking on the following link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEuM1DJAHnA