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INGLÊS 
 
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LESSON 4 – PAST CONTINUOUS 
(LIÇÃO 4 – PASSADOCONTINUO) 
Usa-se o Past Continuous ou Passado 
Contínuo para expressar 
a) ações que estavam acontecendo em um de-
terminado momento do passado. 
Ex: They were studying five minutes ago. 
(Eles estavam estudando cinco minutos atrás). 
b) uma ação que estava acontecendo quando 
uma outra ação ocorreu. Neste caso, usa-se WHEN 
(quando) para relacionar as duas ações. 
Ex: He was having dinner when the phone 
rang. (Ele estava jantando quando o telefone tocou). 
c) duas ações que estavam acontecendo no 
mesmo momento do passado. Neste caso, usa-se 
WHILE (enquanto) para relacionar as duas ações. 
Ex: She was cleaning the house while he was 
washing the dishes. (Ela estava limpando a casa en-
quanto ele estava lavando a louça). 
Forma Afirmativa 
O Past Continuous ou Passado Contínuo é 
formado pelo passado simples do verbo to be (was / 
were) e pelo verbo principal no gerúndio, ou seja, 
com a terminação ING. Se houver dúvidas em rela-
ção à formação do gerúndio em inglês, volte à lição 
sobre o Present Continuos no item Formação do 
Gerúndio. Observe a conjugação de dois verbos no 
Passado Contínuo na tabela abaixo: 
to work = trabalhar to stop = parar 
Conjugação Conjugação 
I was working I was stopping 
You were working You were stopping 
He was working He was stopping 
She was working She was stopping 
It was working It was stopping 
We were working We were stopping 
You were working You were stopping 
They were working They were stopping 
Forma Negativa 
Para se formar frases negativas no Past Con-
tinuous basta acrescentar a partícula de negação not 
depois do verbo to be (was / were). A forma contraí-
da do verbo to be com a partícula de negação é pos-
sível também no Past Continuous. Observe a tabela 
abaixo, com a conjugação de dois verbos. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
to work = trabalhar to stop = parar 
Forma Negativa Forma Contraída Forma Negativa Forma Contraída 
I was not working I wasn’t working I was not stopping I wasn’t stopping 
You were not working You weren’t working You were not stopping You weren’t stopping 
He was not working He wasn’t working He was not stopping He wasn’t stopping 
She was not working She wasn’t working She was not stopping She wasn’t stopping 
It was not working It wasn’t working It was not stopping It wasn’t stopping 
We were not working We weren’t working We were not stopping We weren’t stopping 
You were not working You weren’t working You were not stopping You weren’t stopping 
They were not working They weren’t working They were not stopping They weren’t stopping 
 
Forma Interrogativa 
Para formar frases interrogativas, deve-se in-
verter a posição do pronome (sujeito) com o verbo to 
be e incluir o ponto de interrogação no final da frase. 
Observe a conjugação de dois verbos na forma inter-
rogativa na tabela ao lado. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
to work = trabalhar to stop = parar 
Was I working ? Was I stopping ? 
Were you working ? Were you stopping ? 
Was he working ? Was he stopping ? 
Was she working ? Was she stopping? 
Was it working ? Was it stopping ? 
Were we working ? Were we stopping ? 
Were you working ? Were you stopping ? 
Were they working ? Were they stopping ? 
 
 
INGLÊS 
 
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Short Answer (Respostas curtas) 
 
to work = 
trabalhar 
Short 
Answer – 
Sim 
Short 
Answer – 
Não 
Was I working? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t. 
Were you working? Yes, you 
were. 
No, you 
weren’t. 
Was he working? Yes, he was. No, he 
wasn’t. 
Was she working? Yes, she was. No, she 
wasn’t. 
Was it working? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t. 
Were we working? Yes, we were. No, we 
weren’t. 
Were you working? Yes, you 
were. 
No, you 
weren’t. 
Were they working? Yes, they 
were. 
No, they 
weren’t. 
 
to stop = parar Short 
Answer – 
Sim 
Short 
Answer – 
Não 
Was I stopping? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t. 
Were you stopping? Yes, you 
were. 
No, you 
weren’t. 
Was he stopping? Yes, he was. No, he 
wasn’t. 
Was she stopping? Yes, she was. No, she 
wasn’t. 
Was it stopping? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t. 
Were we stopping? Yes, we were. No, we 
weren’t. 
Were you stopping? Yes, you 
were. 
No, you 
weren’t. 
Were they stopping? Yes, they 
were. 
No, they 
weren’t. 
ESTUDO DIRIGIDO 
1 Quando é usado o Past Continuous em inglês? 
 
2 Como é formado o modo forma afirmativo do 
Past Continuous em inglês? 
 
3 Como é formado o negativo e o interrogativo do 
Past Continuous? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXERCÍCIOS RESOLVIDOS 
1 Complete as frases abaixo, com o Past Continu-
ous e depois marque a alternativa com a seqüên-
cia correta dos verbos. 
I – The baby _________ (to cry) 10 minutes ago. 
II – Alan ______ (to smoke) his pipe in his room. 
III – Tom and Ted ____ (to look) at the car in the 
garage. 
a) was crying – was smoking – were looking. 
b) was crying – was smoking – was looking. 
c) were crying – were smoking – were looking. 
d) were crying – were smoking – was looking. 
Resolução: O Past Continuous é formado pe-
lo passado do verbo to be (was / were) e pelo gerún-
dio (ING) do verbo principal. Assim, como o sujeito 
da primeira frase é The baby (a criança) usa-se o ver-
bo to be was e o gerúndio de to cry que é crying. O 
sujeito da segunda frase é Alan (ele), então usa-se o 
verbo to be was e o gerúndio de to smoke que é 
smoking. E o sujeito da última frase é Tom and Ted 
(eles), então usa-se o verbo to be were e o gerúndio 
do verbo to look que é looking. Assim, a resposta 
correta é a letra a. 
 
2 Marque a alternativa cuja frase não esteja na 
forma correta do Past Continuous. 
a) He was read a comic book. 
b) The boys playing chess. 
c) We were at school. 
d) I was studying for the test. 
Resolução: Para uma frase estar no Past 
Continuous ela necessita de dois verbos: o verbo to 
be no passado (was / were) e o verbo principal no 
gerúndio (ING). A primeira frase possui dois ver-
bos, porém o segundo verbo, read, deveria estar na 
forma do gerúndio: reading. A segunda frase só a-
presenta o verbo no gerúndio (playing) faltando an-
tes dele o verbo to be were. A terceira frase só 
apresenta o verbo to be no passado (were). E a quarta 
frase possui dois verbos: was (verbo to be no passa-
do) e studying (gerúndio do verbo to study). Então a 
resposta correta é a letra d. 
 
EXERCÍCIOS 
1 Qual é a alternativa que completa corretamente a 
frase “My father _______________ on the sofa”? 
a) was sleeping. 
b) were sleeping. 
c) were sleep. 
d) was sleep. 
 
INGLÊS 
 
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2 Marque a alternativa que complete corretamente 
a frase “________ the boys ____________ TV an 
hour ago? 
a) Was – watch. 
b) Were – watch. 
c) Was – watching. 
d) Were – watching. 
 
3 Qual é a alternativa que completa corretamente a 
frase “She _________________ a shower when 
her cell phone ______________”? 
a) was having – ringing. 
b) was having – rang. 
c) were having – rang. 
d) were having – ringing. 
 
4 Qual é a alternativa que completa corretamente a 
frase “While the teacher __________ the subject, 
the students __________________”? 
a) were explain – was talk. 
b) was explain – were talk. 
c) was explaining – were talking. 
d) were explaining – was talking. 
 
5 Qual é a forma negativa da frase “It was raining 
outside”? 
a) It not was raining outside. 
b) It was not raining outside. 
c) It not wasn’t raining outside. 
d) Not it was raining outside. 
 
6 Qual é a forma interrogaiva frase “The children 
were looking for the cat”? 
a) Were the children looking for the cat? 
b) The were children looking for the cat? 
c) The children were looking for the cat? 
d) Looking the children were for the cat? 
 
GABARITO 
Estudo dirigido 
1 O Past Continuous é usado para expressar ações 
que estavam acontecendo em um determinado 
momento do passado, para expressar uma ação 
que estava acontecendo quando uma outra ação 
ocorreu e para expressar duas ações que estavam 
acontecendo no mesmo momento do passado. 
2 O Past Continuousé formado pelo passado sim-
ples do verbo to be (was / were) e pelo verbo 
principal no gerúndio, ou seja, com a terminação 
ING. Exemplo: I was doing my homework (Eu 
estava fazendo meu dever de casa). 
3 Para se formar frases negativas no Past Continu-
ous, basta acrescentar a partícula de negação not 
depois do verbo to be (was / were). Exemplo: I 
was not doing my homework (Eu não estava fa-
zendo meu dever de casa). E para formar frases 
interrogativas deve-se inverter a posição do pro-
nome (sujeito) com o verbo to be e incluir o pon-
to de interrogação no final da frase. Exemplo: 
Were you doing your homework? (Você estava 
fazendo seu dever de casa?). 
Exercícios 
1 A 
2 D 
3 B 
4 C 
5 B 
6 A 
CURIOSITY (CURIOSIDADE) 
SANTA CLAUS = Papai Noel 
 
Santa Claus brings presents for children at 
Christmas. 
O Papai Noel traz presentes para as crianças 
no Natal. 
 
Santa Claus, ou simplesmente Santa, é um 
outro nome em inglês para Father Christmas, “Papai 
Noel”. É uma corruptela americana do nome que vem 
de um dialeto holandês – Santa Klaas, que significa 
St. Nicholas, “São Nicolau”, padroeiro das crianças 
holandesas.