Past Continuous - Aula de Inglês

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PAST 
Continuous 
Uses
Structure
Review
intro
Yesterday Karen played tennis. She began at 10 o’clock and finished at 11:30. 
So, at 10:30 she was playing tennis.
She was playing = she was in the middle of playing
Uses
a Events happening at a particular time in the past
I was working in the garden all day yesterday.
a Background events: interrupted or parallel actions
I was cooking while you were dancing.
Karen was watching tv when I arrived.
Structure 
affirmative 
Subj. + To Be Past + -ing + Comp.
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They 
was
were
To Be
Past
were
was
Add -ing
He was working hard yesterday
Structure 
negative 
Subj. + To Be Past + Not + -ing + Comp.
was not/ wasn’t
were not/ weren’t
I
We/you/they 
He/she/it
To Be
Negative
I wasn’t studying, I was dancing
Structure 
interrogative 
To Be Past + Subj. + Main verb in -ing + Comp.
Was
Were
I
we/you/they 
he/she/it
+doing
Were you working yesterday?
Yes, I was.
No, I wasn’t.
Yes, I was working.
No, I wasn’t working.
Short answers
Long answers
Review
Past Continuous: Events happening at a particular time in the past, interrupted or parallel actions
structures 
Aff.
Int.
Neg.
Subj. + To Be Past + Not + -ing + Comp.
To be Past + Subj. + -ing + Comp.
Subj. + To Be Past + -ing + Comp.