PAST PROGRESSIVE

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English Will / Going to

por elizabeth liz

future progressive

por Angela León Soria

future progressive

por Angela León Soria

Past simple:

por ghofran igbareya

PAST PROGRESSIVE

Conjunctions used with the past continuous or progressive a) while b) when c) because They are used to introduce two actions that coincided in the past: a long action and a short action: – Normally the longest action is introduced with while. – The short action is usually introduced by when and interrupts the longer one

1.We use it to describe an action that started at a specific time in the past, continued for a period of time, and finally ended (in the past). It is formed with the verb TO BE in the simple past (was, were) followed by a gerund verb (cooking, studying, going, etc.)

2.The past progressive is used to describe what was happening at a point in the past while something else was happening. While my brother was studying I was washing the dishes.

Note: When we find a sentence in the past continuous combined with another in the past simple, remember that: The past continuous is a longer action The past simple is a short action. The birds were singing (estancancantan) when I got up (levanté) this morning. I wasn't watching (was watching) TV when the football match started. Were you cooking (you were cooking) when the phone rang (rang)?

BE + Subject or Personal Pronoun +(verb+ing) + Complement+?

? QUESTION

Formula in + :

- NEGATIVE

I was not dreaming They were not doing an exercise

Subject or Personal Pronoun + BE NOT + (verb+ing) + Complement

+ POSITIVE

I was dreaming They were doing an exercise

Subject or Personal Pronoun + BE + (verb+ing) + Complement

4.In addition, it helps us describe or narrate events in the past:

3.We also use this structure when we are expressing an action in progress in the past, and the action intersects or interrupts another. For example: While my brother was watching TV his smartphone ranged. While my brother was watching TV his phone rang. His smartphone rang while he was watching TV > You can reverse the sentence