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AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
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NEGATIVE SENTENCES
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QUESTIONS
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I WAS + V-ing*
You WERE + V-ing
He WAS + V-ing
She WAS + V-ing
It WAS + V-ing
We WERE + V-ing
You WERE + V-ing
They WERE + V-ing
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I WASN’T +
V-ing
You WEREN’T + V-ing
He WASN’T + V-ing
She WASN’T + V-ing
It WASN’T + V-ing
We WEREN’T + V-ing
You WEREN’T + V-ing
They WEREN’T + V-ing
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WAS I + V-ing?
WERE you + V-ing?
WAS he + V-ing?
WAS she + V-ing?
WAS it + V-ing?
WERE we + V-ing?
WERE you + V-ing?
WERE they + V-ing?
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* SPELLING RULES:
- General rule: Add –ing at the end of the verb. Do → doing, watch → watching, open → opening, play → playing.
- Verbs ending in mute
-e: Omit –e before
adding –ing. Make → making,
write → writing, take → taking.
- Monosyllabic verbs
ending consonant + vowel + consonant: Repeat last consonant + –ing. Run → running, sit → sitting.
- Bisyllabic verbs with
final stress: Repeat last consonant + -ing . Begin → Beginning. BUT:
travelling.
1. USES:
- Long actions which were in progress when a
short action happened.
- Actions which were in progress at a
concrete moment in the past.
- Various actions which happened simultaneously
in the past.
2. TIME EXPRESSIONS:
- while + time clause (in the past)
- as + time clause (in the past)
- yesterday morning / afternoon / evening
- at + hour (past time)
- all day (yesterday)
3. CONTRAST PAST SIMPLE /PAST CONTINUOUS:
Temporal expressions for PAST SIMPLE (completed
actions): Yesterday, last week/night…,
Temporal expressions for PAST CONTINUOUS (actions in
progress at a concrete moment): at + hour, yesterday + moment of the day, all + moment of the day...
WHEN (“cuando”) + PAST SIMPLE (acción
corta): When I called Mike, he was
having a shower. / I was sleeping when
I heard a terrible noise.
WHILE / AS (“mientras”) + PAST CONTINUOUS
(acción larga o en progreso): While
/ As he was driving, he had an accident.
