Past Progressive Tense

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE


Subject : Ingles VI
Theme : Past Progressive Tense
Teacher : Isabel Lengua Sotelo
Speakers:
* Bohorquez Murguia, Pablo Fernando* Huamani Farfan, Paul
* Toledo Parco, Felipe
Cycle : VI
Turn : Morning
ICA – PERÚ
2011

Past Progressive Tense

DEFINITION
The PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicatescontinuing action, something that was happening, going on, at some point in the past. This tense is formed with the helping "to be" verb, in the past tense, plus the present participle of the verb (withan -ing ending).
Example: John was washing the dishes at eight o'clock last night.

STRUCTURE
Positive form
Subject + was/were + (-ing) + Complement
Examples:
-          Michael was watchingthe World Cup  match.
-          They were working all night long.
-          Josh and Silvia were talking about getting married.
Negative form
Subject + wasn’t/weren’t + (-ing) + ComplementExamples:
-          John wasn’t eating because he was feeling sick.
-          Jeff wasn’t watching TV.
-          My parents weren’t having a good time because it was very cold in Canada
Question Form(Question Word) + was/were + Subject + (-ing) + Complement
Examples:
-          What were you doing last night at around 8:00pm?
-          Was Jim doing his homework?
-          Were theysleeping all morning?
The complete structure:
Past continuous is very similar IN STRUCTURE to the Present Continuous tense. The only difference is that in the present continuous we use the verb to be inthe present (am/is/are) but with the past continuous we use the verb to be in the past (was/were)

RULES

1°.- Add “ING” to the verbs.
work – working; cook - cooking
2°.- When the verb ends inE, erase E and add “ING”.
make – making: bake – baking; Exception agree – agreeing
3°.- When the verb has only one syllable and it ends with [ consonant + vowel + consonant ], and the last...