TP #5: PAST CONTINUOUS

Función: los verbos en Pasado Continuo son considerados procesos que indican en qué contexto se está realizando otra acción más
importante en Pasado Simple.

(+) Affirmative Sentences:

I was working in a bank. You were working in a bank. She was working in a bank.
We were working in a bank. He was working in a bank.
They were working in a bank. It was working in a bank.
*El pasado continuo se compone por: un verbo principal al que se le agrega ING al final y el verbo TO BE como auxiliar.
*Cuando escribimos oraciones afirmativas debemos tener en cuenta los pronombres personales que funcionan como sujeto. Si éstos son:
I, She, He, It, les corresponde el verbo To BE WAS. Y si tenemos los pronombres: You, We, They, les corresponde el verbo To Be
WERE.

(-) Negative Sentences:

I wasn’t working in a bank. You weren’t working in a bank. She wasn’t working in a bank.
We weren’t working in a bank. He wasn’t working in a bank.
They weren’t working in a bank. It wasn’t working in a bank.
*Cuando escribimos oraciones negativas en pasado continuo debemos utilizar el verbo To Be negado. En el caso de que los pronombres
sean: I, She, He, It, les corresponde el To Be WASN´T. Y si tenemos los pronombres: You, We, They les corresponde el verbo To Be
WEREN¨T.

(?) Interrogative Sentences:

Was I working in a bank? Were you working in a bank? Was she working in a bank?
Were we working in a bank? Was he working in a bank?
Were they working in a bank? Was it working in a bank?
Answers:
(+) Affirmative: (-) Negative:
Yes, I was. Yes, she was. No, I wasn’t. No,she wasn’t.
Yes, you were. Yes, he was. No, you weren’t. No, he wasn’t.
Yes, we were. Yes, it was. No, we weren’t. No, it wasn’t.
Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.

*Cuando escribimos oraciones interrogativas en presente continuo debemos utilizar el verbo To Be anteponiéndolo al sujeto, utilizando la
correspondencia entre pronombre y verbo ya nombrada

Dicho todo esto, a realizar las actividades:

What Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a condition that involves obsessions, which are distressing thoughts that
repeatedly intrude into a person's awareness. With BDD, the distressing thoughts are about perceived
appearance flaws.
People with BDD might focus on what they think is a facial flaw, but they can also worry about other body
parts, such as short legs, breast size, or body shape. Just as people with eating disorders obsess about their
weight, those with BDD become obsessed over an aspect of their appearance. They may worry their hair is
thin, their face is scarred, their eyes aren't exactly the same size, their nose is too big, or their lips are too thin.
BDD was called "imagined ugliness" because the appearance issues the person was obsessing about usually
were so small that others didn't even notice them. Or, if others noticed them, they considered them minor. But
for someone with BDD, the concerns felt very real, because the obsessive thoughts were distorting and
magnifying any tiny imperfection.
Because of the distorted body image caused by BDD, a person believed that he or she was too ugly or
disfigured to be seen.
Behaviors That Are Part of BDD
Besides obsessions, BDD also involves compulsions and avoidance behaviors.
A compulsion is something a person does to try to relieve the tension caused by the obsessive thoughts. For
example, once I saw someone with obsessive thoughts that her nose was ugly was checking her appearance in
the mirror, or she was applying makeup, or she was asking someone many times a day whether her nose
looked ugly. These types of checking, fixing, and asking are compulsions.The compulsions seem like the only
way to escape bad feelings caused by bad thoughts. Compulsive actions often are repeated many times a day,
taking up lots of time and energy.
Avoidance behaviors are also a part of BDD. A person might stay home or cover up to avoid being seen by
others. Avoidance behaviors also include things like not participating in class or socializing, or avoiding
mirrors.
With BDD, a pattern of obsessive thoughts, compulsive actions, and avoidance sets in. Even though the
checking, fixing, asking, and avoiding seem to relieve terrible feelings, the relief is just temporary. In reality,
the more someone performs compulsions or avoids things, the stronger the pattern of obsessions,
compulsions, and avoidance becomes.
After a while, it takes more and more compulsions to relieve the distress caused by the bad thoughts. A person
with BDD doesn't want to be preoccupied with these thoughts and behaviors, but with BDD it can seem
impossible to break the pattern.

A. Read the text and answer the following questions.

1) Define BDD.
2) Why was BDD called "imagined ugliness"?
3) What is a compulsion?
4) Are avoidance behaviours part of BDD?

B. Choose the correct option.

a. Doctor: How did you break/ were you breaking your hand? Patient: I was falling /
fell from a tree.
b. The boy burnt / was burning his arm while he cooked / was cooking.
c. I walked/ was walking down the street when the accident happened/ was
happening.
d. The nurse gave /was giving the medicine to the patient as he didn´t feel/ wasn´t
feeling quite well.
e. Doctor: Did you run/ were you running when you felt/ were feeling the pain?
Patient: Yes, I did / was.
f. The man was fainting/ fainted when he was entering/ entered the room.
 C. Complete the sentences using the PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS

1) The patient was entering (enter) the bathtub when she Fell down (fall down) and her right leg

slipped out from under her and she landed (land) on her right hip.

2) During the physical examination the patient responded (respond) appropriately to questions when

she was brought to the emergency room.

3) When the physician received (receive) the patient, she was presenting (present) a history of

rheumatoid arthritis and was complaining (complain) of back pain.

4) While they were studying (study) the patient, they realized (realize) there wasn’t (not to be) a

possible solution to the patient´s illness.

5) The patient was taking (take) the medicine when he remembered(remember) he was(to be)

allergic to it.

6) The researchers discovered (discover) a new vaccine when they were analizing (analize) the illness.

i. Write the text in Spanish.

Trastorno disformico corporal

El trastorno disformico corporal (TDC) es una condicion que consta de obseciones, las cuales son
pensamientos angustiantes que se repiten constamente en la mente de una persona. Con TDC, los
pensamientos angustiantes son sobre los defectos de la percepcion de la apariencia .

Las personas con TDC suelen concentrarse en los defectos faciales, aunque tambien pueden
preocuparse por otras partes del cuerpo, tales como la longitude de las piernas, el tamano del
busto o la forma del cuerpo. Del mismo modo que las personas con desordenes alimenticios se
obsecionan con el peso, las personas con TDC se obsesionan con el aspecto de su apariencia. Se
pueden preocupar si su cabello es muy fino, si tienen la cara con cicatrices, si sus ojos no son
exactamente del mismo tamano, si su nariz en muy grande o sus labios son muy finos.

Al trastorno disformico corporal se lo ha llamado “fealdad imaginaria” ya que los problemas de

apariencia con los que una persona se llegaba a obsesionar, eran tan imperceptibles que las demas
personas no llegaban a darse cuenta de los mismos. Y en el caso que se dieran cuenta, los
percibian como minimos. Sin embargo, para una persona con TDC, este problema era real, por el
simple hecho que el trastorno distorcionaba o aumentaba cualquier imperfeccion por mas minima
que sea.

Dada de la imagen corporal distorcionada causada por el TDC, una persona creia que era
demasiada fea o deforme como para ser vista.

Comportamientos que son parte del TDC:

Ademas de las obsesiones, el TDC incluye compulsiones y conductas de evitacion.

La compulsion