PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST CONTINUOUS

Use the past continuous to talk about

activities that were in progress in the
past.
To show what somebody was doing
at a particular time in the past, we
use the Past Continuous Tense.
STRUCTURE:
AFFIRMATIVE (1st and 3rd person: WAS)

SUBJETC + WAS + V-ing + COMPLEMENTS

NEGATIVE:

SUBJETC + WASNT + V-ing + COMPLEMENTS

INTERROGATIVE:
(WH) + WAS SUBJETC + V-ing + COMPLEMENTS?
STRUCTURE:
AFFIRMATIVE (1st and 3rd person: WAS)

HECTOR+ WAS + WRITING + A BOOK.

NEGATIVE:
HECTOR + WASNT + WRITING + A BOOK.

INTERROGATIVE:
(WHY) + WAS HECTOR + WRITING + A BOOK?
SHORT ANSWERS
YES, HE WAS / NO, HE WASNT
BECAUSE HE
STRUCTURE:
AFFIRMATIVE (2nd and plural person: WERE)

SUBJETC + WERE + V-ing + COMPLEMENTS

NEGATIVE:

SUBJETC + WERENT + V-ing + COMPLEMENTS

INTERROGATIVE:
(WH) + WERE SUBJETC + V-ing + COMPLEMENTS?
STRUCTURE:
AFFIRMATIVE (2nd and plural person: WERE)

THEY + WERE + COOKING + PASTA.

NEGATIVE:
THEY + WERENT + COOKING + PASTA.

INTERROGATIVE:
(WHERE) + WERE + THEY + COOKING + PASTA?
SHORT ANSWERS
YES, THEY WERE / NO,THEY WERENT
(WH-)THEY WERE / WERENT COOKING PASTA AT THE RESTAURANT
SPELLING RULES:
WH- QUESTIONS WORDS
 WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
(+)I WAS LISTENING TO MUSIC.
(-)I WASNT LISTENING TO MUSIC.

WHERE WERE THEY GOING TO?

(+)THEY WERE GOING TO MEXICO.
(-) THEY WERENT GOING TO MEXICO.

WHEN WAS HE SINGING IN A BAND?

(+) HE WAS SINGING IN A BAND YESTERDAY NIGHT.
(-) HE WASNT SINGING IN A BAND YESTERDAY NIGHT.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE THE CLASS?

I WAS READING A BOOK.

I WASNT TALKING ON THE PHONE.

YOU WERE SEARCHING THE INTERNET.

YOU WERENT PLAYING WITH YOUR

CELLPHONE.
 WERE

WASNT

WERE

WAS

WERE WERENT
 The Thompson family. What were they doing on Sunday at 7 o'clock?

1. Mr. Thompson ........................................... (cook) dinner in the kitchen.

2. Mrs. Thompson ........................................... (clean) their car in front of their house.

3. Jack and Eve ........................................... (sit) in the hall near the fireplace.

4. Jack, their 11 years old son, ........................................... (read) Shakespeare's sonnets.

5. Their grandma ........................................... (exercise) in the gym.

6. They also had two pets. And do you know what they ........................................... (do)?

7. Spot, the puppy, ........................................... (catch) mice in the garden.

8. And Kitty, the little cute kitten, ........................................... (fight) with neighbor's dog.
ADVERBS OF TIME:

THIS MORNING
THIS AFTERNOON
YESTERDAY
LAST NIGHT / MONDAY/ WEEKEND/ MONTH/ YEAR
AT 2:00 P.M. / 4:00 A.M. / 10:00 P.M.
 LETS PLAY WITH ADVERBS OF TIME!!!
I was eating Hummm. I was watching tv.
breakfast and you. And you What were you
What were you doing doing last month?
What were you doing this
last night at 8:00 pm?
morning at 8:00 a.m?

I was
preparing me
to a test