Pre-activity 1

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Complete.

We use the Past Continuous Tense

El Pasado Continuo, es un tiempo verbal que describe acciones que estaban siendo realizadas en un momento del pasado al que se hace referencia y que luego continuaron

Examples:

I was talking

They were swimming

We weren’t reading

Jose called while I was watching the news

Affirmative Sentences Negative Sentences Yes / No Aff. Short Neg. Short Wh-Questions Information Answers
Questions Answers Answers
Sujeto + verbo auxiliar Sujeto + verbo Verbo auxiliar (to Yes + sujeto + Yes + sujeto + Wh + verbo auxiliar (to be) + Sujeto + verbo
(to be) + verbo+ing. auxiliar (to be) + be) + sujeto + verbo auxiliar ( verbo auxiliar ( to sujeto + verboing +?. auxiliar (to be) +
“not” + verbo+ing. verbo+ing. to be) +?. be) + not + ?. verboing +
complemento.
What was Tony doing at seven He was having dinner.
He was playing soccer. He wasnt playing Was he playing? Yes, he was. No, she wasnt. o’clock?
She was reading a book. soccer. Was she running? Yes, she was. No, he wasnt. What were you doing I was playing soccer.
We were swimming. She wasnt running. Were we Yes, we were. No, we werent. yesterday?
They were listening. We werent talking. swimming? Yes, they were. No, they werent. When were they running? They were running
yesterday
They werent. Were they Where was she playing? She was playing the
speaking. speaking? Past monday