Past progressive

Past
Progressive

What is the Past progressive tense?

Is a tense of the past

It's used to talk about:
- Actions that happened for a long period of time in the past.
- Actions that were happening and were interrupted.
- Actions that were happening simultaniouly with another action.

When an action happened in the past but is too long to use the simple past.

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When do we use the Past Progressive?

​Use 1

​Use 2

Examples

Your turn!

Multiple Choice

Select the correct sentence!

• They were singing when the father was driving

• They were singing while the father was driving

Multiple Choice

Teacher Luna's student were _____ to class when suddenly it ______ to rain.

• coming, cry

• driving, drive

• going , started

• talking, finished

Poll

Any questions?

• No, everything clear teacher!

• Yes, I have questions, I understand, but not everything

• No questions, you are the best teacher, I love you!!

• Yes, I lot of questions! i want to cry!! D:

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