Past

Continuous/Progessive
SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
• SUBJECT + VERB TO BE (auxiliary) + VERB
WITH ING To change the verb to present
He is eating. continuous add ING.
If the verb has a vowel at the end, delete
He is sleeping
the vowel and add ING
He is working.

They are eating.

They are sleeping
They are working.
SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS/ PROGRESSIVE
SUBJECT VERB TO BE IN PAST VERB WITH ING
(auxiliary)

Fabián was eating.

Gerardo was sleeping.
Fabiola was working.

Hector and Carlos were playing.

Samuel and Hannia were reading.

To change the verb to past continuous

add ING.
If the verb has a vowel at the end, delete
the vowel and add ING
 Stative verbs / Not used in continuous
form
• KNOW
• WANT
• FORGET
• UNDERSTAND
• REMEMBER
• NEED
SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS/ PROGRESSIVE IN
NEGATIVE
SUBJECT VERB TO BE IN PAST IN VERB WITH ING
NEGATIVE (auxiliary)

Fabián was not eating.

Gerardo was not sleeping.

Fabiola was not working.

Hector and Carlos were not playing.
Samuel and Hannia were not reading.

To change the verb to past continuous add ING.

If the verb has a vowel at the end, delete the
vowel and add ING
SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS/ PROGRESSIVE IN
QUESTIONS
INTERROGATIVE VERB TO BE SUBJECT VERB WITH ING
PRONOUN (Info) (auxiliary) (Yes/No Q)
What was Fabián eating?

Where was Gerardo sleeping?

Where was Fabiola working?

How were Hector and playing?
Carlos
reading?
When were Samuel and
Hannia
SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS/ PROGRESSIVE USE

Describe an action that was IN PROGRESS IN

THE PAST.
EXAMPLE: THEY WERE PREPARING THE MEAL
AT 6:00 PM YESTERDAY.
 This morning, it
was raining.

An old lady was

sitting in a bench.
 This afternoon,
Monica and Vera
were gossiping
about her.

Alex and Sebas

were chatting in
the living room.
SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS/ PROGRESSIVE USE

WHILE (Mientras,
en el mismo
momento que)

Describes 2 actions IN PROGRESS IN THE PAST

at the same time.
EXAMPLE: HE WAS SLEEPING WHILE SHE
WAS BRUSHING HER TEETH.
WHILE SHE
WAS CALLING
HER MOM,
HER SISTER
WAS CRYING.
SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS/ PROGRESSIVE USE
WHEN (Cuándo)

Describes 1 action THAT WAS INTERRUPTED

by another one.
EXAMPLE: HE WAS TAKING A SHOWER WHEN
HIS PHONE RANG. SIMPLE PAST
WHEN THEY
WERE SAILING,
A WHALE
APPEARED.

SIMPLE
PAST
Mimes!
• Stop!
• When the
teacher said
stop, you
were…..
Remember! Memory Game!
Philip was walking./Philip walked
ALEX RACHEL

JUNNY
PHILLIP

JOSEPH AND SARAH

CAMERON

ANNIE
What was…… doing?
• ALEX
• JUNNY
• PHILLIP
• JOSEPH AND SARAH
• ANNIE
• CAMERON
• RACHEL
Practice!
• What were you doing yesterday at…….?
• 3:00 am
• 10:00 pm
• 1:30 p.m
• 10:00 am
• 6:00 am
• 7:00 pm
• Yesterday at 3:00 am I was going to the
bathroom.
• Taking a sunbath
• I was with my cellhphone. PAST SIMPL
• I was playing with my phone./I was checking
my social profiles.
HOMEWORK
• Write a story using past continuous and past tense. (10 sentences
minimun)

• There was a litlle girl. She was in her house when her mom was
working. She was reading her favorite book when her grandmother
came……