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Lesson 9 - Past Progressive / Continuous

Adverbial Time in Past time

Adverbs of time tell us when an action happened

Adverbial Time of past tense

Adverbial Time

Example

  • I was eating a Pizza last night
  • I was going to the supermarket today
  • She was reading a novel about religion last month
  • You were to the cinema last week
  • You were drinking a juice fruit this morning

Example

Past Progressive

Indicates continuing action, something that was happening, going on, at some point in the past

Introduction

Structure

Subject + verb to be in past + verb in ING form + complement

Structure

Past of verb to be

Past of verb to be

I, he, she, it ----> Was

I was dancing in the club

You, they, we, you ---> Were

They were going to the beach last night

Examples

Examples

  • I was watching TV in the Cinema the last week
  • We were going to Peru 5 months ago
  • She was dancing in the club last night
  • He was going at the gym yesterday
  • I was walking with my family at the mall 3 days ago

Questions

Verb to be in past (Was/Were) + subject + Verb (ING) + complement

Questions

Examples

  • Were you going to the beach?
  • Was she cooking the dinner?
  • Was he pasting the test?
  • Were they going to the theater last night?

Examples

Questions

Wh words + Verb to be in past (Was/Were) + subject + Verb (ING) + complement

Questions Wh

  • Where was she going last night?
  • What were you doing at the club?
  • When was buying that purse?

Negative

Subject + Was not (Wasn't) / Were not (Weren't) + verb (ING) + Complement

Negative Sentences

Example

  • I wasn't eating in the party the other night.
  • They weren't playing PS4 in the Marcos' house.
  • She wasn't drinking beer in the pub the saturday
  • We weren't going to the beach

Example

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