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    The past progressive tense describes an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It is used to talk about 1) parallel actions happening simultaneously, 2) what someone was doing at a particular moment in the past, and 3) an interrupted action in the past. Signal words like "while" and "when" are often used with the past progressive, with the past progressive used in the clause introduced by "while" and the simple past used in the clause introduced by "when". The past progressive has an affirmative structure of subject + was/were + verb+ing, a negative structure of subject + wasn't/weren't + verb+ing, and a question structure of (question word

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    The past progressive tense describes an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It is used to talk about 1) parallel actions happening simultaneously, 2) what someone was doing at a particular moment in the past, and 3) an interrupted action in the past. Signal words like "while" and "when" are often used with the past progressive, with the past progressive used in the clause introduced by "while" and the simple past used in the clause introduced by "when". The past progressive has an affirmative structure of subject + was/were + verb+ing, a negative structure of subject + wasn't/weren't + verb+ing, and a question structure of (question word

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    The past progressive tense describes an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It is used to talk about 1) parallel actions happening simultaneously, 2) what someone was doing at a particular moment in the past, and 3) an interrupted action in the past. Signal words like "while" and "when" are often used with the past progressive, with the past progressive used in the clause introduced by "while" and the simple past used in the clause introduced by "when". The past progressive has an affirmative structure of subject + was/were + verb+ing, a negative structure of subject + wasn't/weren't + verb+ing, and a question structure of (question word

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    PAST PROGRESSIVE

    En el Past Progressive, la acción estuvo en curso hasta cierto momento en el pasado.


    Este tiempo se usa para hablar sobre una acción en un momento particular del pasado.

    I was sleeping at 11 pm last night You were watching TV last night It was raining yesterday evening

    Usage:

    2. Para describir lo que


    1. Para describir acciones
    estaba haciendo alguien en
    paralelas.
    un momento determinado.
    • While I was washing the • I was working in the
    dishes, my son was garden all day yesterday.
    playing videogames.

    3. Para expresar una 4. Para describir una


    acción interrumpida en accion repetitiva o
    el pasado. irritante
    • I was driving to work • He was always
    when I crashed my car. complaining in class.

    Signal words:
    Las palabras claves nos dicen qué tiempo tiene que usar. En el pasado progresivo, a
    menudo usamos un período de tiempo. Las palabras claves típicas son While y When.

     WHILE: En esta parte de la oración usualmente usamos PASADO PROGRESIVO.


    En español WHILE significa “MIENTRAS”
    o While we were watching TV, Andy was playing videogames on his
    phone.
     WHEN: En esta parte de la oración usualmente usamos el pasado simple. El
    pasado progresivo se usa en la otra parte de la oración.
    En español WHEN significa “CUANDO”.
    o The ladies were talking when the accident happened.
    Structure:

    Affirmative:

    Subject + was/were + V-ing


    Ex.:

     They were drinking coffee when I arrived.


     She was studying chemistry all day yesterday.
     While I was studying at University, I met her.

    Negative:

    Subject + wasn’t/weren’t + V-ing


    Ex.:

     She wasn’t drinking water.


     You weren’t sleeping
     It wasn’t raining last night.

    Question:

    (Wh) + Was/Were + subject + V-ing?


    Ex.:

     Was she eating a hamburger yesterday?


     Why he was crying?
     Were they playing tennis?
    PAST PROGRESSIVE

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