ENGLISH LESSON MAR.22

ENGLISH LESSON MAR.22

By paola rocha and Vivian Zuniga

Review on last class

The negative in the past progressive tense is created using was not or were not + the ing (present participle) form of the verb.

Note: In general, use these contractions in the negative: wasn’t, weren’t. Save the long forms for when you want to create emphasis.​​

​Past Progressive Negative

It refers to a continuing action or state that was happening at some point in the past. The past continuous tense is formed by combining the past tense of to be (i.e., was/were) with the verb’s present participle (-ing word).​​

​Past Progressive Affirmative

​Past Progressive Affirmative

​Past Progressive Negative

Past Progressive Questions

Firstly, check that you know how to make the past simple with 'be' (subject + was / were). Then just add verb-ing.​ To make a 'yes / no' question, put 'was / were' in front of the subject:

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• Was I listening?

• Were you working?

• Was she working?

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• Was he living in Paris at the time?

• Was it snowing when you arrived?

• Were we eating?

• Were they studying?

• Why was I working?

• Where were you living?

• How was she travelling?

• Where was he going?

• Why was it snowing in the summer?

• What were we eating?

• Why were they studying?​

​To make a 'wh' question put the question word at the beginning:

​Who

What

Where

Why ​ and How

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Past Progressive Questions

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