Past Continuous (Explicação)

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PAST CONTINUOUS 
 
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES 
 
Usamos o Past Continuous, também conhecido como Past Progressive, para nos 
referir a uma ação que estava acontecendo no passado durante um período de tempo. 
 
Formar frases no Past Continuous é bem simples. Para isso, precisamos de um sujeito, 
um verbo to be (was/were) e o verbo principal no gerúndio (ou seja, terminado em 
“ing”). 
 
Por exemplo: 
 
SUBJECT TO BE VERB(ing) 
She + was + dancing 
 
 
SUBJECT TO BE VERB(ing) 
They + were + studying 
 
Temos: 
She was dancing. 
(Ela estava dançando) 
 
They were studying. 
(Eles estavam estudando) 
 
NEGATIVE SENTENCES 
 
Para fazer frases negativas no Past Continuous, basta colocarmos o “not” depois do 
verbo to be (was / were), ou usar suas formas contraídas (wasn’t / weren’t). 
 
Por exemplo: 
 
SUBJECT TO BE VERB(ing) 
She + was not + dancing 
 
 
 
SUBJECT TO BE VERB(ing) 
They + were not + studying 
 
Temos, em suas formas contraídas: 
 
She wasn’t dancing. 
(Ela não estava dançando) 
 
They weren’t studying. 
(Eles não estavam estudando) 
 
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES 
 
Para fazer frases interrogativas usando o Past Continuous, basta movermos o verbo to 
be (was/were) para o início da frase. 
 
Por exemplo: 
 
TO BE SUBJECT VERB(ing) 
Was + she + dancing? 
 
 
TO BE SUBJECT VERB(ing) 
Were + they + studying? 
 
Temos: 
Was she dancing? 
(Ela estava dançando?) 
 
Were they studying? 
(Eles estavam estudando?) 
 
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* Certifique-se de o sujeito da sua frase está em concordância com o verbo TO BE. 
 
I was You were He was She was It was We were They were 
 
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Agora é sua vez! 
Reescreva as frases abaixo usando Past Continuous. 
 
PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST CONTINUOUS 
They are not traveling overseas. 
I am taking my Math test. 
Is she watering her plants? 
My mom is working on a new project. 
Victor’s friends are camping on Saturday. 
We are painting a new picture. 
Are you watching television? 
Louise is talking on the phone. 
 
Siga os exemplos e reescreva as frases em suas formas NEGATIVA e 
INTERROGATIVA. 
 
AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE 
She was dancing. Was she dancing? She was not dancing. 
They were studying. Were they studying? They were not studying. 
He was driving to work. 
I was eating cheese pizza. 
We were watching TV. 
You were making food. 
They were sleeping. 
She was working. 
He was fixing the car.