PAST PROGRESSIVE

We use PAST PROGRESSIVE to talk about...

• progressive actions in the past.

• progressive actions in the present.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The word "PROGRESSIVE" or "CONTINUOUS" refers to...

• -ed.

• -ing.

• have.

• to be.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I... a book yesterday.

• am reading

• reading

• was reading

• will read

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1C

She ... videogame when George arrived.

• will play

• was play

• was plaing

• was playing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

... you ... last night?

• Were | dancing

• Was | dancing

• Were | dance

• Was | dance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

... he ... his bicycle yesterday?

• Was | rides

• Is | ride

• Were | riding

• Was | riding

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

... they ... a cake when their mother arrived?

• Are | baking

• Were | baking

• Was | baking

• Do | baking

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I ... studying last week, but now I am.

• wasn't

• weren't

• will be

• am

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

We ... when the teacher started the class.

• wasn't speaking

• was not speaking

• weren't speaking

• were spoke

The PAST PROGRESSIVE is formed by

• to be in the present (am\is\are) + the -ing of the mais verb.

• -ed.

• the auxiliary did + -ing.

• to be in the past (was\were) + the -ing of the main verb.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D