PAST CONTINUOUS AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE El Pasado Continuo es muy parecido en su estructura gramatical al Presente Continuo, pero este, es pasado, así que solo vamos a usar el verbo TOBE en pasado. WAS para I –HESHE – IT y WERE para YOU- WE - THEY I / he / she / it you / we they Positive Negative Question I was speaking. You were speaking. I was not speaking. You were not speaking. Was I speaking? Were you speaking? Hay tres situaciones en las cuales debemos utilizar el pasado progresivo y estas son: Para indicar una acción que estaba ocurriendo en el pasado pero fue interrumpido por otra acción. 1 When Laura arrived, I was reading the newspaper. OR I was reading the newspaper when Laura arrived. 2 Cuando dos o más acciones ocurren al mismo tiempo en el pasado. Por Ejemplo: Alex was reading while Mark was writing. OR While Mark was writing, Alex was reading. 3 Cuando una acción ocurre en un momento específico en el pasado. Por Ejemplo: What was he doing at six o'clock in the afternoon? He was eating a esquite on the bus. What was Ramón Ayala doing last night? He was singing at ten o'clock at Las Pulgas. 3 USOS DEL PASADO PROGRESIVO Para indicar que una acción estaba ocurriendo pero fue interrumpida por otra acción en Pasado Simple Pon en orden la primera oración en Pasado Progresivo e interrúmpela usando when acompañado del Pasado Simple. Como en el Ejemplo: were play I soccer was I was playing soccer Yo estaba jugando soccer when (call) when she called me. Cuando ella me llamó. write were they was a poem when (arrive) read Pepe was a book were When (visit) Jose were clean was table When (talk) Sleep was Maggy were When (kiss) Cuando dos acciones estaban ocurriendo al mismo tiempo en el Pasado. Ejemplo: were Tania was sweeping Tania was sweeping the floor Tania estaba barriendo Tony while were was read While Tony was reading. Mientras Tony estaba leyendo. was John eating were Conchy was were while jump Raul were to school go was Poncho was while were eat Were Pepe calling me was were Chofy while was fight Cuando una acción estaba ocurriendo en un momento específico del Pasado. What was he doing at 10 o’clock last night? He was watching a movie. What were they playing in the morning? They were playing tennis.