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Students : 

Claudia Vallejo

Alejandra Mosquera

David Rodriguez

TOPIC

PAST PROGRESSIVE OR CONTINUOS

The past progressive: is used to describe an action that was in progress at some point in the past.

OBJECTIVE: Recognize the shortcomings that have, to learn the grammar of past progressive or continuos
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Continuos: it is indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the Simple Past.

Examples:

·         I was watching TV when she called.

·         When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.

·         I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm.

·         You were not listening to me when I told you to turn the oven off.

·         Sammy was waiting for us when we got off the plane.

·         A: What were you doing when you broke your leg?

Structure for doing sentences in positive, negative and interrogative form

Positive form

Subject + was/were + (-ing) + Complement

Example:

–          Michael was watching the World Cup match.

Negative form

Subject + wasn’t/weren’t + (-ing) + Complement

Example:

–          John wasn’t eating because he was feeling sick.

Interrogative Form

Was/were + Subject + (-ing) + Complement
–          Was Jim doing his homework?

Activities

1.    Make the past continuous (you need to choose positive, negative or question):

 a. (she / play cards?)

 b. (I / not / cry)

c. (you / not / feel well)

d. (where / I / go when I met you?)

e. (she / not / sleeping at midnight)

f. (I / work?)

2.    Solve the puzzle

Verbs: running/watching/ crying/ listening/ cooking/ shouting/driving/sweeping/sleeping/blowing

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