Grammar Reference:Past Continuous,

Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns

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I broke my arm when I was

skiing.

I lost my earrings when I was surfing.

I was taking a shower when

the phone rang.

All the previous sentences are in the PAST CONTINUOUS.

We use it to talk about an action or event that was happening around a particular time in the past.

We often use the PAST CONTINUOUS and the SIMPLE PAST together.

Check the example in the next slide:

FUTUREPAST PRESENT

I broke my arm when I was skiing.

skiing

accident

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

WAS

WERE

WAS

I

YOU

HE SHE IT

WEREWE YOU THEY

skiing.ing.

NEGATIVE FORM

I

YOU

HE SHE IT

WE YOU THEY

skiing.ing.not

WAS

WERE

WAS

WERE

INTERROGATIVE FORM

I

YOU

HE SHE IT

WE YOU THEY

skiing?ing?

WAS

WERE

WAS

WERE

In this way, the PAST CONTINUOUS is used to say that a person was in the middle of a progressive action in a

certain time in the past.

PAST PRESENT

I was taking a shower when the phone rang.

I started taking I was taking I finished taking

And you?

What were you doing this time yesterday?

What were you doing before this class?

What were you doing before you went to bed yesterday?

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

This is my car.

This car is mine.

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE

POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

Show to whom the things belong to.

Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns

My Mine

Your Yours

His His

Her Hers

Its Its

Our Ours

Your Yours

Their Theirs

Oh my gosh! Where are our

cars?

Yours is in the first alley and ours is right next to it.

My car is so fast!

My car is so much faster

than his!