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Grammar Theory 3º

The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides the structure of the past continuous, which uses the past form of the verb "to be" plus the verb with "-ing." Examples are given like "I was working at 10pm" and "They were not playing football." The past continuous can be used to describe an ongoing action in the past, and is often used with the past simple tense, such as "I was walking when it exploded." Other topics covered include quantifiers and verbs that take "-ing" or infinitive forms when combined with other verbs.

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Grammar Theory 3º

The document discusses the past continuous tense in English. It provides the structure of the past continuous, which uses the past form of the verb "to be" plus the verb with "-ing." Examples are given like "I was working at 10pm" and "They were not playing football." The past continuous can be used to describe an ongoing action in the past, and is often used with the past simple tense, such as "I was walking when it exploded." Other topics covered include quantifiers and verbs that take "-ing" or infinitive forms when combined with other verbs.

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SUBJECT: ENGLISH

12/11/20
PROFESSOR: AMANDA RODRÍGUEZ

COLEGIO SAN JUAN DE LA CRUZ


UNIT 2

PAST CONTINUOUS
The Past Continuous tense is an important tense in English. We use it to say what
we were in the middle of doing at a particular moment in the past.

THE STRUCTURE OF PAST CONTINUOUS IS:

SUBJECT + WAS/WERE (VERB -TO BE/PAST) + VERB/ING

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I WAS PLAYING I WASN´T PLAYING WAS I PLAYING?

YOU WERE PLAYING YOU WEREN´T PLAYING WERE YOU PLAYING?

HE WAS PLAYING HE WASN´T PLAYING WAS HE PLAYING?

SHE WAS PLAYING SHE WASN´T PLAYING WAS SHE PLAYING?

IT WAS PLAYING IT WASN´T PLAYING WAS IT PLAYING?

WE WERE PLAYING WE WEREN´T PLAYING WERE WE PLAYING?

YOU WERE PLAYING YOU WEREN´T PLAYING WERE YOU PLAYING?

THEY WERE PLAYING THEY WEREN´T PLAYING WERE THEY PLAYING?

The auxiliary verb (be) is conjugated in the Past Simple: was, were
The main verb is invariable in present participle form: -ing
For negative sentences we insert not between the auxiliary verb and the main verb.
For question sentences, we exchange the subject and the auxiliary verb.
Look at these example sentences with the Past Continuous tense:

• 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

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SUBJECT: ENGLISH
12/11/20
PROFESSOR: AMANDA RODRÍGUEZ

COLEGIO SAN JUAN DE LA CRUZ

PAST CONTINUOUS / PAST SIMPLE

We often use the Past Continuous tense with the Past Simple tense. We use the Past
Continuous to express a long action. And we use the Past Simple to express a short
action that happens in the middle of the long action. We can join the two ideas
with when or while.

We use:
• when + short action (Past Simple)
• while + long action (Past Continuous

There are these basic combinations:

I was walking past the car when it exploded.

When the car exploded I was walking past it.

The car exploded while I was walking past it.

While I was walking past the car it exploded.

QUANTIFIERS

QUANTIFIERS:
TOO: DEMASIADO (BEFORE AN ADJECTIVE)
TOO MUCH/TOO MANY: DEMASIADO (BEFORE A
NOUN)
(NOT) ENOUGH: (NO) SUFICIENTE.
BEFORE A NOUN/ AFTER AN ADJECTIVE

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SUBJECT: ENGLISH
12/11/20
PROFESSOR: AMANDA RODRÍGUEZ

COLEGIO SAN JUAN DE LA CRUZ

VERBS + VERB ING/TO

After certain verbs we use the -ing form, and after other verbs we use the infinitive.
Sometimes we can use either form and there is no change in meaning. Occasionally
we can use either form and there is a change in meaning

WHEN WE HAVE TWO VERBS GOING TOGETHER,


WE HAVE TO ADD TO THE SECOND VERB…

VERB + VERB ING VERB + INFINITIVE


(TO+VERB)

CAN´T STAND AGREE


DISLIKE WOULD LIKE/LOVE/
PREFER
DON´T MIND DECIDE
ENJOY PLAN
LIKE LEARN
HATE PROMISE
LOVE SEEM
RECOMMEND
MISS
START
STOP

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