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PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE

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The PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates continuing action, something that was happening, going on, at some point in the past. This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the past tense, plus the present participle of the verb (with an -ing ending):

I was riding my bike all day yesterday. Joel was being a terrible role model for his younger brother.

The past progressive indicates a limited duration of time and is thus a convenient way to indicate that something took place (in the simple past) while something else was happening:

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Carlos lost his watch while he was running.

The past progressive can express incomplete action.

I was sleeping on the couch when Bertie smashed through the door.

(as opposed to the simple past, which suggests a completed action:

I slept on the couch last night.

The past progressive is also used to poke fun at or criticize an action that is sporadic but habitual in nature:

Tahoma was always handing in late papers. My father was always lecturing my brother.

Generally, progressive forms occur only with what are called dynamic verbs and not with stative verbs Singular I was walking you were walking he/she/it was walking Plural we were walking you were walking they were walking

Singular I was sleeping you were sleeping he/she/it was sleeping

Plural we were sleeping you were sleeping they were sleeping

Singular I was being you were being he/she/it was being

Plural we were being you were being they were being

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RULES TO USE ING

1) el "ing" se pone al final de una accin para denotar "ando, endo". Ex: read (wri..d) (leer) ... Reading (wri..ding) (leyendo). speak (spi..k) (habla)...... speaking (spi..king) (hablando). 2) si la accin termina en "e", esta se omite y luego se pone el "ing". Ex: give (giv) (dar); giving (giving) (dando). live (liv) (vivir) ; living (living) (viviendo). have (jav) (tener) ; having (javing) (teniendo). 3) si la accin es de una o dos silabas, termina en consonante, antes de la consonante va una vocal y adems la pronunciacin de la ultima silaba es fuerte, entonces la consonante se duplica y luego se le aade el "ing". Ex: stop (stop) (parar, impedir) ........ Stopping. omit (omit) (omitir) ... Omitting. run (ron) (correr) ... Running. begin (biguin) (comenzar) ........... Beginning. 4) cuando una accin termine en " e ", pero una " i " vaya antes, entonces se quita primero la "e ", luego se cambia la " i " por la " y " y finalmente se agrega "ing". Ex: lie (lai) (mentir) ... Lying (laing) . tie (tai) (atar) ... Tying (taing). 5) en ocasiones se pone una accin con "ing" al principio de una oracin: Ex: reading this book is interesting.

INSTITUCIN EDUCATIVA LAS ROSAS AZULES (wri..ding dis buk is intristing) (leyendo o leer este libro es interesante)

playing the game I like. (pleing de geim ai laik) (jugando el juego que me gusta) 6) despus de una preposicin, siempre una accin se escribe con "ing": Ex: I work for living (ai work for living) (yo trabajo para vivir). I am studing english for being able to talk to people of u. S. A. (ai am studing inglish for bi..ing aibl tu tolk tu pi..pl ov iu. Es. Ei.) (yo estoy estudiando ingls para poder hablar con la gente de u. S. A.) Note: es recomendable que aparte de aplicar estas reglas, tambin busque en una lista de verbos para comprobar si le agrego el "ing" correctamente a una accin. Practica de ingls bsico 2, unidad 3, el uso de "ing" y repaso de "subject pronouns". 1) practice putting "ing" to the end of all verbs you learned in the past: Ex: Swim, swimming. Skip, skipping. Leap, leaping. (excepcin a la regla) Forget, forgetting. Put, putting.

INSTITUCIN EDUCATIVA LAS ROSAS AZULES See, seeing. (excepcin a la regla) Study, studying. Grow, growing. Steal, stealing. Se recomienda que cheque en un diccionario o tabla de gramtica, pues como ve, existen varias excepciones a la regla. 2) substitute all the "subject pronouns" in the next sentence, with the appropriate form of the verb "to be": Ex: what am i doing?. What ________ doing?. ________ buying?. 3) we have 2 sentences: A) the shirt. And b) is it blue?. c) is the shirt blue?. it So, please build a sentence "c", from the sentences "a" and "b" given: A) the t. V. Set. B) is it small?. What are you wearing?. What is he buying?. What

What ________ wearing?.

If the sentence "a" is = it, then we have:

C) ___________________________________________ A) the shirt and the pants. B) are they nice?. C) ___________________________________________ A) your trousers. B) are they long?. C) ________________________________________ A) your coat. B) is it warm?.

C) ___________________________

INSTITUCIN EDUCATIVA LAS ROSAS AZULES A) our mattress and bed. B) are they comfortable?.

C) ______________________________________