Después de aprender el Simple Future, en esta lección aprenderemos Past Continuous
El Pasado Continuo (Past Continuous) es un tiempo importante en inglés. Lo usamos para decir lo que estábamos haciendo en un momento particular en el pasado.
¿Cómo hacemos que el pasado sea continuo?
La estructura del tiempo pasado continuo es:
| subject | + | auxiliary be | + | main verb |
| conjugated in Past Simple | ||||
| was, were | present participle |
El verbo auxiliar (be) se conjuga en el pasado simple: was, were
El verbo principal es invariable en presente participio: -ing
Examples
- I was…working
- You were…watching T.V.
- He was…studying
- She was…cooking
- It was…open
- We were…jogging
- You were…not listening to me
- They were…not here at that moment
Para las oraciones negativas, insertamos «not» entre el verbo auxiliar y el verbo principal.
Para las oraciones de preguntas, intercambiamos el sujeto y el verbo auxiliar.
Mire estos ejemplos de oraciones con el pasado continuo:
| subject | auxiliary verb | main verb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | I | was | watching | TV. | |
| + | You | were | working | hard. | |
| – | He, she, it | was | not | helping | Mary. |
| – | We | were | not | joking. | |
| ? | Were | you | being | silly? | |
| ? | Were | they | playing | football? |
Cuando usamos el Pasado Continuo (Past Continuous), nuestro oyente generalmente sabe o entiende a qué hora estamos hablando. Mira estos ejemplos:
- I was working at 10pm last night.
- They were not playing football at 9am this morning.
- What were you doing at 10pm last night?
- What were you doing when he arrived?
- She was cooking when I telephoned her.
- We were having dinner when it started to rain.
- Ram went home early because it was snowing.
- He was always leaving the tap running.
- She was constantly singing.
- I was working in the garden all day.
- He was reading all evening.
- The sun was shining every day that summer
En la próxima lección aprenderemos Adverbs of Frequency.
