INGLES

Past Continuous Afirmative-negative-interrogative

Ing. Dalia C. Andrade Alegria

Concepto El pasado continuo se utiliza para acciones que estaban pasando en un momento específico en el pasado. Como el presente continuo, se forma con el verbo auxiliar “WAS /WERE” y el VERBO+ING.

Sujeto

Auxiliar

Verb + ing

I, he, she, it

was

talking, eating, learning, doing, going…

you, we, they

were

talking, eating, learning, doing, going…

Structure (Estructura) 1. Affirmative Sentences (Frases afirmativas) Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (was/were) + verbo+ing.

Ejemplos: I was talking.(Estaba hablando.)

He was eating.(Estaba comiendo.)

They were learning.(Estaban aprendiendo.)

2. Negative Sentences (Frases negativas) Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (was/were) + “not” + verbo+ing

Ejemplos: I was not talking.(No estaba hablando.)

He was not eating.(No estaba comiendo.)

They were not learning.(No estaban aprendiendo.)

3. Interrogative Sentences (Frases interrogativas)

Verbo auxiliar (was/were) + sujeto + verbo+ing?

Ejemplos: Were you talking?(¿Estabas hablando?)

Was he eating?(¿Estaba comiendo?)

Were they learning?(¿Estaban aprendiendo?)

TO PLAY, "PAST CONTINUOUS"

Afirmativa

Negativa

Interrogativa

I was playing

I was not playing

Was I playing?

You were playing

You were not playing

Were you playing?

He was playing

He wasn't playing

Was he playing?

We were playing

We weren't playing

Were we playing?

They were playing

They weren't playing

Were they playing?