Past Continuous (Explicação + Gabarito)

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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. They were not traveling overseas. 
I am taking my Math test. I was taking my Math test. 
Is she watering her plants? Was she watering her plants? 
My mom is working on a new project. My mom was working on a new project 
Victor’s friends are camping on Saturday. Victor’s friends were camping on 
Saturday. 
We are painting a new picture. We were painting a new picture. 
Are you watching television? Were you watching television? 
Louise is talking on the phone. Louise was 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. Was he driving to work? He wasn’t driving to work. 
I was eating cheese pizza. Was I eating cheese 
pizza? 
I wasn’t eating cheese 
pizza. 
We were watching TV. Were we watching TV? We weren’t watching TV. 
You were making food. Were you making food? You weren’t making food. 
They were sleeping. Were they sleeping? They weren’t sleeping. 
She was working. Was she working? She wasn’t working. 
He was fixing the car. Was he fixing the car? He wasn’t fixing the car.