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Positive sentences
Negative sentences
s.p.p + verb ‘be’ was/were+ negative clause ‘not’ + main verb in -ing + complement.
Questions
Exmples:
Were you playing videogames with your friends the last Saturday? Yes I am/ No
I’m not
¿Estabas jugando a videojuegos con tus amigos el último sábado? Si, yo soy / / No,
yo no soy
Was she exercising all the morning? Yes she was/ No she wasn’t
Were they running on the street this afternoon? Yes they were / No they weren’t
¿Estaban corriendo por la calle esta tarde? Sí, lo fueron / No, no lo fueron
They were surfing on the net when the teacher called them.
The teacher was explaining the grammar section while the students were paying
attention.
PAST SIMPLE
is used for actions that are finished and do not have any connection
with present
se usa para acciones que están terminadas y no tienen ninguna conexión con el
presente
I walked to school.
IN THE MORNING
YESTERDAY
ON MONDAY
PAST CONTINUOUS
talks about an action in the past that had some duration
is not used with stative verbs (e.g. understand, know, ...)
is usually combined with past simple to show the difference between them:
past continuous is often used as „background„ to some other action that took
place (e.g. While I was having a shower, the phone rang.)
habla de una acción en el pasado que tuvo cierta duraciónno
se usa con verbos estativos (por ejemplo, entender, saber, ...)
generalmente se combina con el pasado simple para mostrar la diferencia entre
ellos:pasado continuo se utiliza a menudo como "fondo" para alguna otra
acción quetuvo lugar (por ejemplo, mientras me estaba duchando, sonó el
teléfono ).
El teléfono sonó
Ahora
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The thief took my bag when I wasn´t looking.
El ladrón se llevó mi bolsocuando no estaba mirando.
Q
What were you doing this time yesterday?
¿Qué estabas haciendo a esta hora ayer?
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