Faculty of Industrial and System Engineering

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CALLAO

FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA INDUSTRIAL Y DE SISTEMAS
ESCUELA PROFESIONAL DE INGENIERIA INDUSTRIAL Y DE SISTEMAS

Full Name: ........................................................................................... Teacher: Mg. Garay Torres J.

Date: ..................................................................... Course: Idioma IV

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

El Pasado Continuo, es un tiempo verbal que describe acciones que estaban siendo realizadas en un mom-
ento del pasado al que se hace referencia y que luego continuaron.
AFFIRMATIVE FORM

SUJ. + WAS + VERB –ING + C.

WERE

EXAMPLES:

1. I was thinking on you.

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2. She was sharing information.

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3. They were talking about you.

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IMPORTANT:
El pasado del verbo to Be: WAS trabajara con la primera y tercera persona ( I. HE. SHE. IT )
El pasado del verbo to BE – WERE trabajara con (YOU, WE, THEY)

I. CREATE SOME SENTENCES ABOUT PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE – AFFIRMATIVE FORM:

1. ___________________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________________________

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5. ___________________________________________________________________________________

PAST PROGRESIVE - RULERS:

1: Los verbos terminados en consonante-vocal-consonante, duplicaran la ultima consonante:

- cut-cutting
- swim-swimming

2: los verbos terminados en Y no se sustituyen por ing:

- cry: crying 
- fly: flying

3: Los verbos terminados en E serán sustituidos por ing, excepto el verbo be (be-being): 
- love-loving
- hate-hating

4: Los verbos terminados en doble vocal solo se le agregara la terminación ing:

- see-seeing.

I. LOOK THE RULES ABOVE AND TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES TO THE ENGLISH

1. El no estuvo trabajando en la compañía.

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2. Tú no estuviste jugando futbol.

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3. Nosotros no estuvimos escuchando música.

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4. El no estuvo nadando.

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5. Ellos no estuvieron peleando otra vez.

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6. El perro no estuvo ladrando.

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7. El canario no estuvo cantando hoy.

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NEGATIVE FORM: Para poder construir la forma negativa del Pasado continuo debemos utilizar el verbo
en negación: WAS NOT – WERE NOT.

S + WAS NOT + VERB – ING + COMP.

WERE NOT

EXAMPLES:

1. I was not sleeping alone.

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2. She was not hearing my words.

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3. We weren’t cleaning the room.

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4. He wasn’t reading the books.

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IMPORTANT:
El pasado del verbo to Be: WAS trabajara con la primera y tercera persona ( I. HE. SHE. IT )
El pasado del verbo to BE – WERE trabajara con (YOU, WE, THEY)

NOTE:
La forma negativa del PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE puede presentarse en dos formas, normal y
contraída: WAS NOT = WASN’T WERE NOT = WEREN’T

I. CREATE SOME SENTENCES ABOUT PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE – NEGATIVE FORM:

1. ___________________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________________________________________________

6. ___________________________________________________________________________________

7. ___________________________________________________________________________________

I. COMPLETE NEXT SENTENCES USING THE VERBS IN THE PARENTHESES, TRANSLATE THEM
TO SPANISH.

1. My friends ________________________________________________ (do) their homework yesterday.

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2. My brother _______________________________________________________ (have) a bath at noon.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. My parents ___________________________________________________ (sleep) in the living room.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. John and Mary ________________________________________________ (watch) T.V in the kitchen.

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……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5. My nephew Kevin __________________________________________________ (hide) under his bed.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

6. The birds __________________________________________________________ (fly) in our garden.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

7. My brother and I _______________________________________________________ (eat) ice-cream.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

8. My mother and her friends ________________________________________________ (drink) coffee.

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9. My god FIDO _________________________________________________________ (bark) so louder.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

10. The gamers __________________________________________________________ (run) in the street.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

11. My girlfriend _______________________________________________________ (call) to her cousin.

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INTERROGATIVE FORM: Para poder construir la forma interrogativa del Pasado continuo debemos
utilizar el verbo TO BE en pregunta WAS – WERE al inicio de la oración.

WAS + S + VERB – ING + COMP ?

WERE

EXAMPLES:

1. Were you searching the toys?

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2. Was he flying to Caracas?

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3. Wasn’t she driving the bike?

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4. Weren’t the players dancing in the club?

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IMPORTANT:
El auxiliar HAS trabajara con la tercera persona ( HE. SHE. IT )
El auxiliar HAVE trabajara con los demás pronombres (I, YOU, WE, THEY)

NOTE:
Para realizar las preguntas en forma negativa empleamos al inicio de la oración el auxiliar en
negación: WASN’T and WEREN’T

I. CREATE SOME SENTENCES ABOUT PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE – INTERROGATIVE FORM:

1. ___________________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________________________________________________

6. ___________________________________________________________________________________

7. ___________________________________________________________________________________
I. WRITE SOME SENTENCES ABOUT THE ISSUE: - AFIRMATIVE (+) NEGATIVE (-) AND
INTERROGATIVE (?) FORM, THEN TRANSLATE THEM.

1. BOYFRIEND / BUY. (+)

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2. CHILDREN / PLAY. (-?)

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3. WIFE / COOK. (+)

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4. GRANDPARENTS / REST. (?)

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5. GIRLFRIEND / WAIT. (-)

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6. THE LOVERS / HIDE. (+)

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7. BROTHER AND I / TOUCH. (-)

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8. HUSBAND / SWEEP. (-?)

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9. NIECE AND NEPHEW / UNDERSTAND. (+)

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I. LET’S WORK, SEARCH AND FIND THE WORDS IN THE FOLLOWING CROSSWORD PUZZLE:

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VOCABULARY

1. Avenue /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………

2. Bicycle /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
3. Block /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
4. Car /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
5. Home /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
6. Lamp /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
7. Post /______________________________ / …………..….…..….…….………………
8. Road /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
9. Sign /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
10. Signal /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
11. Square /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
12. Street /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
13. Taxi /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
14. Tower /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
15. Tractor /______________________________ / ……….….….…..….…….………………
16. Truck /______________________________ / …………..….…..….…….………………
17. Way /______________________________ / …………..….…..….…….………………
18. Building /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
19. Sidewalk /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………
20. Traffic lights /______________________________ / ………….….…..….…….………………

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