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PASADO CONTINUO. FORMACIN.

QU HAY QUE SABER?

Cmo se forma el pasado continuo.

Uso del pasado continuo en contraste con el pasado simple?

Adverbios y expresiones temporales que pueden acompaar al pasado simple y continuo

El pasado continuo se forma con el pasado del verbo to be + - Ving

I Was

You Were

Negativa: I was not (wasnt) working hard

Interrogative : Were you working hard?

He

She

It

Was

We

You

They

Were

working hard.

PRACTICE

1.- Fill in the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

a) We couldnt play yesterday. The rain ______________ (fall) heavily all day long.

b) What ____________( you, do) when I called you last night?

c) While Rooney __________ ( study) for his exam, Sandra____________ (watch) TV

d) I ___________ (go) to the library when it started to snow.

e) Who ____________ (drive) when police stopped you?

f) They _________ (not, talk) about that. They _________ ( play) video games instead

g) Why _____________ ( you, not, pay) attention while I __________ (explain) the

grammar structure?

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PRACTICE

1.- Fill in the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

a) When I __________ (get) home, everybody _____________ ( watch) TV

b) Why ____________ (you. decide) to stay at home on Friday?

c) Strong winds ___________ (blow) all day.

d) Nobody __________ (heard) anything while we ___________ (sleep).

e) As she _______ (describe) her feelings, I _____ (begin) to understand

everything

f) Why _________ (you, tell) her those nasty words last night?

g) He___________ (skip) his classes and ___________ (lie) to all of us.

The whole family ________ (sit) at the table when they________ (hear) the news

4.- EXPRESIONES TEMPORALES EN AMBOS TIEMPOS.

A week ago; a month ago, a year ago, some minutes ago, a long time ago.

last week, last month, last year, last night, last Tuesday.

yesterday, the day before yesterday,

while, as.