Past continuous

The past progressive puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past.

Form
Positive
I was speaking.
You were speaking.

I / he / she / it
you / we / they

Negative
I was not speaking.
You werenot
speaking.

Question
Was I speaking?
Were you speaking?

Past Continuous (Pasado continuo)
El pasado continuo se utiliza para acciones que ocurrieron en un momento específico en el
pasado. Como elpresente continuo, se forma con el verbo "to be" y el gerundio.

Grammatical Rules (Reglas gramaticales)
Form (Forma)
Para formar el pasado continuo se utiliza el verbo auxiliar "to be" y el gerundio(infinitivo +
"-ing") del verbo. El verbo auxiliar "to be" está en el pasado simple, pero ten en cuenta que
"to be" es un verbo irregular.
Sujeto
I, He, She, It

Auxiliar (to be)
was

You, We, Theywere

Gerundio
talking, eating,
learning, doing,
going...
talking, eating,
learning, doing,
going...

Structure (Estructura)
1. Affirmative Sentences (Frases afirmativas)
EstructuraSujeto + verboauxiliar ("to be") + gerundio.


Ejemplos:



I was talking. (Estaba hablando.)



He was eating. (Estaba comiendo.)



They were learning. (Estaban aprendiendo.)

2. Negative Sentences (Frasesnegativas)
EstructuraSujeto + verbo auxiliar ("to be") + "not" + gerundio.


Ejemplos:



I was not [wasn't] talking. (No estaba hablando.)



He was not [wasn't] eating. (No estaba comiendo.)



Theywere not [weren't] learning. (No estaban aprendiendo.)

3. Interrogative Sentences (Frases interrogativas)
EstructuraVerbo auxiliar ("to be") + sujeto + gerundio?


Ejemplos:



Were you talking?(¿Estabas hablando?)



Was he eating? (¿Estaba comiendo?)



Were they learning? (¿Estaban aprendiendo?)

Uses (Usos)
1. El pasado continuo lo utilizamos para una acción larga que ya en el pasado fueinterrumpida. La acción que se interrumpe está en pasado continuo y la acción que
provoca la interrupción está en pasado simple. "When" y "while" señalan el uso del
pasado simple y continuo. En...