Simple Past Continous

Simple past continuous

• The simple past is used to express:
• Interrupted actions, specific time as an interruption.
• Example:
• 1-I was watching Tv when the phone rang.
• 2-Last night at 7pm, I was having dinner.
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• Bildunterschrift: She was watching Tv yesterday!

WHILE AND WHEN.

• We can use while when to link two continuous actions, we use the past continuous tense for both actions.tenses, which are past continuous and simple past.
• We can use when we want to join two
• Example:
• 1-I was doing my homework while my mom was whasing some dishes.
• 2-She was playing the guitar when her mother came.
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Affirmative Form

• When we use simple past continuous we have to follow a simple structure.
• For affirmative form:
• Subject+ was/were+ Verb in -ing + complement. Example:
• Rocio was cooking a pizza.
• Jairo and Rocio were playing UNO.
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• Bildunterschrift: They were eating humburguer yesterday.

Negative Form

• For negative form we use this structure:
• Subject + Was/Were + Not + Verb in -ing form+ complement
• Examples:
• 1- I was not going to eat pasta.
• 2- They were not eating chinese food.
• 3-It was not raining.
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• Bildunterschrift: (HE WAS NOT TEXTING)

Question Form

• When we want to use question form we use this structure.
• Was/Were + Subject + Verb in -ing form+ complement + question mark.
• Examples:
• 1-Was Sofia eating pizza ?
• 2-Was Carlos playing soccer yesterday ?
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LETS PRACTICE!

• Remember we have 2 aauxiliaries in simple past continous, which are was and were.
• We use( was) for: I,HE,SHE AND IT.
• We use (Weres) for: YOU,WE AND THEY.
• WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS CREATING 4 SENTENCES USING PAST CONTINUOUS IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THEY ARE IN AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE OR QUESTION FORM.
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