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Present progressive, past

progressive, there was and
there were

Members: o Hernández Jatzari

o Angulo Dayanna o Quiroz Camila
o Dumas Itzell o Skinfield Ivanna
 Present
Progressive
 USE
We use present
progressive for things
that are happening at
the moment.
 AFFIRMATIVE FORM

Subject + verb to be + verb-

ing + complement

 Jim is eating French fries.

 You’re singing my favorite
song.
 NEGATIVE FORM

Subject + verb to be + not +

verb-ing + complement

 Jim isn’t eating French fries.

 You aren’t singing my
favorite song.
 QUESTIONS
Verb to be + subject + verb-
ing + complement ?

 Is Jim eating French fries?

 Are you singing my favorite
song?
 ANSWERS

Short form:
• Affirmative: Yes, subject +
verb to be
• Negative: No, subject + verb
to be + not

 Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t.

 Yes, you are. / No, you aren’t.
 ANSWERS
Long form:
• Affirmative: Yes, subject + verb
to be + verb-ing +
complement
• Negative: No, subject + verb to
be + not + verb-ing +
complement

 Yes, he’s eating French fries.

 No, you aren’t singing my
 Past
Progressive
 USE
Indicates continuing action,
something that was happening,
going on, at some point in the
past.
 AFFIRMATIVE FORM

Subject + verb to be in past

form + verb-ing +
complement

 Jim was eating French fries.

 You were singing my
favorite song.
 NEGATIVE FORM

Subject + verb to be in past

form + not + verb-ing +
complement

 Jim wasn’t eating French

fries.
 You weren’t singing my
favorite song.
 QUESTIONS
Verb to be in past form +
subject + verb-ing +
complement ?

 Was Jim eating French

fries?
 Were you singing my
favorite song?
 ANSWERS
Short form:
• Affirmative: Yes, subject +
verb to be in past form
• Negative: No, subject + verb
to be in past form + not

 Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t.

 Yes, you were. / No, you
weren’t.
 ANSWERS
Long form:
• Affirmative: Yes, subject + verb
to be in past form + verb-ing +
complement
• Negative: No, subject + verb to
be in past form + not + verb-
ing + complement

 Yes, he was eating French fries.

 No, you weren’t singing my
There was /
There were
 It’s the past form to say
there is or there are.
 There was is used when
we refer to one thing or
person.
 There were is used when
we refer to more than
one thing or person.
 AFFIRMATIVE FORM
There + was/were+
complement

 There was an accident.

 There were a lot of
books.
 NEGATIVE FORM

There + was/were + not +

complement

 There wasn’t an
accident.
 There weren’t a lot of
books.
 QUESTIONS

Was/were + there +
complement ?

 Was there an accident?

 Were there a lot of
books?
 ANSWERS
Short form:
• Affirmative: Yes, there +
was/were
• Negative: No, there +
was/were + not

 Yes, there was. / No, there

wasn’t.
 Yes, there were. / No, there
 ANSWERS
Long form:
• Affirmative: Yes, there +
was/were + complement
• Negative: No, there +
was/were + not + complement

 Yes, there was an accident.

 No, there weren’t a lot of
books.