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Past Continuous

The document provides an overview of the past continuous tense in English, including its formation, usage, and examples. It explains that the past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It contrasts the past continuous with the simple past tense, noting that the past continuous implies the action started before and may have continued after another past action or time. The document provides examples of using the past continuous for background details, describing the length of an action, and showing overlapping or interrupted past actions. It concludes by reminding readers to check the activities folder for additional exercises.

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Past Continuous

The document provides an overview of the past continuous tense in English, including its formation, usage, and examples. It explains that the past continuous tense is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It contrasts the past continuous with the simple past tense, noting that the past continuous implies the action started before and may have continued after another past action or time. The document provides examples of using the past continuous for background details, describing the length of an action, and showing overlapping or interrupted past actions. It concludes by reminding readers to check the activities folder for additional exercises.

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Past

Continuous
By Leo Acevedo
Table of contents

01 Review 02 Past Continuous

03 Activities 04 Assessments
01
Review
Simple Past
Present Continuous
02
Past Continuous
Form & Usage
Examples
How to form Past Continuous

I
She You (Singular & Plural)
He
It Was We Were
They
I was sleeping yesterday morning. You were watching TV last night.

He wasn’t sleeping yesterday morning. They weren’t watching TV last night.

Was it raining yesterday morning? Were we watching TV last night.

When was Lily sleeping? When were we watching TV?


Usage of Past Continuous
1. The action in the past continuous starts before and
often continues after the other shorter action or
time.
○ At three o'clock, I was working. (I started
before three o'clock and finished after three
o'clock.)
2. Story background:
○ The sun was shining when I woke up this
morning.
3. Length of an action:
○ At sunset, Mike was walking in the park.
4. Overlapping Actions (Interruption or at the same
time):
○ I was watching TV while you were playing with
the dog.
Simple Past & Continuous
When we use these two tenses together, it shows us that the past simple action
happened in the middle of the past continuous action, while it was in progress.

● While I was studying, I suddenly felt sleepy.

Can you see a difference in the meaning of these two sentences?

● When the guests arrived, Jane was cooking dinner.


● When the guests arrived, Jane cooked dinner.

In the first one, Jane started cooking dinner before the guests arrived. We know that
because it uses the past continuous. In the second sentence, the guests arrived first
and then Jane started cooking.
03
Activities
? in
1 2 the
Drive
04
Assessments
Assessments
1. Finish the previous activities

2. Check the “activities” folder in Drive

3. Keep studying all the contents


See you soon
Have a great vacation season

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