USAMOS ESTE TIEMPO USAMOS ESTE TIEMPO PARA:PARA:

REFERIRNOS A UNA ACCIÓN QUE SE REALIZABA PROGRESIVAMENTE EN ALGÚN MOMENTO EN EL PASADO.

EJEMPLOSEJEMPLOS►AT 8 O´CLOCK YESTERDAY EVENING, I AT 8 O´CLOCK YESTERDAY EVENING, I

WAS HAVING LUNCH.WAS HAVING LUNCH.

►LAST NIGHT, PETER WAS SLEEPING IN LAST NIGHT, PETER WAS SLEEPING IN PAULA´S HOUSE.PAULA´S HOUSE.

►LAST YEAR, SHE WAS ATTENDING LAST YEAR, SHE WAS ATTENDING UNIVERSITY.UNIVERSITY.

TAMBIÉN SE USA ESTE TIEMPO PARA TAMBIÉN SE USA ESTE TIEMPO PARA EXPRESAR QUE SE ESTABA EXPRESAR QUE SE ESTABA

REALIZANDO UNA ACCIÓN CUANDO REALIZANDO UNA ACCIÓN CUANDO OCURRIÓ OTRA.OCURRIÓ OTRA.

EJEMPLO:EJEMPLO:► I I WAS SLEEPINGWAS SLEEPING WHEN THE PHONE WHEN THE PHONE

RANG.RANG.►HE HE WAS CLOSIGWAS CLOSIG THE STORE WHEN THE STORE WHEN

THE THIEVES ENTERED.THE THIEVES ENTERED.►HE HE WAS WALKINGWAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS DOWN STAIRS

WHEN HE HEARD THE WOMAN SHOUT.WHEN HE HEARD THE WOMAN SHOUT.

PARA REFERIRNOS A DOS PARA REFERIRNOS A DOS ACCIONES QUE OCURRÍAN ACCIONES QUE OCURRÍAN AL MISMO TIEMPO EN EL AL MISMO TIEMPO EN EL

PASADOPASADO..

EJEMPLOSEJEMPLOS

►MY FATHER MY FATHER WAS READINGWAS READING THE PAPER THE PAPER WHILE MY MOTHER WHILE MY MOTHER WAS WAS WATCHINGWATCHING TELEVISION. TELEVISION.

► I I WAS PLAYINGWAS PLAYING FOOTBALL WHILE MY FOOTBALL WHILE MY LITTLE BROTHER LITTLE BROTHER WAS FLYING A KITE.WAS FLYING A KITE.

FORMAS DEL PASADO DEL VERBO “TO BE” FORMAS DEL PASADO DEL VERBO “TO BE” (SER O ESTAR)(SER O ESTAR)

AFFIRMATIVA AFFIRMATIVA NEGATIVANEGATIVA INTERROGATIVAINTERROGATIVA

I WAS I WAS NOT/I WASN´T WAS I ?I WAS I WAS NOT/I WASN´T WAS I ?

YOU WERE YOU WERE NOT/ WEREN´T WERE YOU ?YOU WERE YOU WERE NOT/ WEREN´T WERE YOU ?

SHE WAS SHE WAS NOT/WASN´T WAS SHE ´?SHE WAS SHE WAS NOT/WASN´T WAS SHE ´?

HE WAS HE WAS NOT /WASN´T WAS HE ?HE WAS HE WAS NOT /WASN´T WAS HE ?

IT WAS IT WAS NOT / WASN´T WAS IT ? IT WAS IT WAS NOT / WASN´T WAS IT ?

WE WERE WE WERE NOT / WEREN´T WERE WE ?WE WERE WE WERE NOT / WEREN´T WERE WE ?

YOU WERE YOU WERE NOT / WEREN´T WERE YOU ?YOU WERE YOU WERE NOT / WEREN´T WERE YOU ?

THEY WERE THEY WERE NOT /WEREN´T WERE THEY?THEY WERE THEY WERE NOT /WEREN´T WERE THEY?

¿CÓMO SE FORMA EL PASADO ¿CÓMO SE FORMA EL PASADO CONTINUO O PROGRESIVO?CONTINUO O PROGRESIVO?

►SUJETO + VERBO “TO BE” + SUJETO + VERBO “TO BE” + VERBO+INGVERBO+ING

EN PASADOEN PASADO

SHE WAS DANCING

YESTERDAY, SHE WAS DANCING

YESTERDAY, HE WAS

PLAYING THE DRUMS

YESTERDAY, PERDRO WAS RIDING HIS BICYCLE

¿QUÉ PALABRAS ME DAN LA ¿QUÉ PALABRAS ME DAN LA CLAVE DE CUANDO ES CLAVE DE CUANDO ES

PASADO?PASADO?

►YESTERDAYYESTERDAY►LAST WEEKLAST WEEK►THIS MORNINGTHIS MORNING►LAST NIGHTLAST NIGHT►LAST YEARLAST YEAR►TWO YEARS AGO. ETC-TWO YEARS AGO. ETC-

THE THIEF WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE POLICE.

THE POSTMAN WAS DELIVERING LETTERS

THE MAN WAS HUNTING DUCKS

DOS ACCIONES QUE OCURRÍAN DOS ACCIONES QUE OCURRÍAN AL MISMO TIEMPOAL MISMO TIEMPO

THE BABY WAS

SLEEPING

WHILE

THE PARENTS WERE DANCING

UNA ACCIÓN QUE OCURRÍA UNA ACCIÓN QUE OCURRÍA CUANDO SUCEDIÓ OTRACUANDO SUCEDIÓ OTRA

HE WAS FEEDING THE PIDGEONS

WHEN

THE MADMAN SHOWED UP

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