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Grammar in Context 2Chapter 6
Simple Past and Past Continuous Verb Tenses with Time Clauses
How to Form – Past Continuous Tense
• I was ___________ + ing• She/He/It was ___________ + ing• You/We/They were ___________ + ing
– I was walking.– You were sleeping.– He was eating.– She was singing.– It was raining.– We were shopping.– They were running.
Past Continuous Verb Tense
• We often use the Past Continuous Verb Tense in a sentence that has 2 clauses. One clause will have the Past Continuous and the other clause will have a time clause.
• I was driving when I hit the tree.• He was dreaming about chocolate while his
mom was baking his birthday cake.
Past Continuous Verb
• When using the past continuous verb tense – you chose it because there is an ongoing action that took a length of time in the past, or if there were two actions then one was longer so that one is described with the past continuous verb tense.
• I was walking home when I tripped and fell.– Walking home might take 10 minutes but it only
took a second to trip, and a second to fall.
Past Continuous Verb
• We use the past continuous to describe a scene that happened in the past. – I was working hard. I was making cookies, baking
bread and singing songs when I dropped the telephone into the sink of water.
When + While + Until – Time Words
• Use When to show an interruption to the ongoing action– I was walking home when I tripped. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~X xo longer action short action
• Use While to show that two ongoing actions were taking place at the same time.– I was sleeping while my mom was baking bread.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Until
• Until--one action stops or changes another action.
– I wasn’t worrying until I heard that the test was today. (not worrying stopped, now I am worrying)
– He was sleeping until his parents came home and started watching tv. (he couldn’t sleep anymore because the tv was too loud)
When vs Until
• When – at that time OR after that time
X • Until – before that time (the action then stops
and changes)
When vs While
• When describing a state of being e.g. to be upset, to be happy then use “when” not while.– I was happy when you gave me the love letter.– I was angry when you hit me.
• When and While can both be used for actions in the past that took a length of time (duration).- When/While you were playing, I was working.But if you want to show that one action was longer than the other use the past continuous in the main clause only for the longer action.
I was working when you went out to play.
When vs Whenever• When – at that time or after that time.• Whenever – each time it happens. (which is almost the
same as “at that time” just a subtle difference)
– Whenever you were late, I worried.– When you were late, I worried. (could be one time, or could be
habitual past describing a repeated situation)
– Whenever the bells rang, I ran to class. (happened many times and each time I ran)
– When the bells rang, I ran to class. (happened one time)
• PUNCTUATION! If the time clause is first then use a comma!– While he was riding his bike home, his teacher was
talking to his mother about his homework.– When you called, I was shopping at the mall.
• Questions! When two clauses only the main clause has the verb order inverted (reversed subject verb) – the time clause just has regular word order.
Was I snoring when you came home?Were you working late while I was having fun?
Verb -- to Be
• Don’t use Past Continuous for the verb to be – the continuous is understood.– E.g. no such thing as:• “I was being at work when you called”.
– Should be:• “I was at work when you called.”
Time & If Clauses with the Future Tense
Time with Present Participles
More Time Words!
Exercises – Yeah time to work!• Make sure you read the readings about Einstein p. 142 and the
Canadian Education System p. 147-148.• Exercises #3, 4, & 5 answers only• Exercise #6 all• Exercise #7 answers only• Exercise #8 – 1 – 3 only• Exercise #9 all• Exercises #11 & #12 answers only• Exercises #13 & #14 do 1 – 4 for each• Exercise #15 answers only• Exercise #16 write out whole new sentence