Educación Secundaria para Personas Adultas 2módulo - aulAragon

INGLÉS
Writing
Answer the questions using the short answers: (+) affirmative and (-) negative
1. Were you reading a magazine? (+)
2. Was she sleeping? (-)
3. Were they playing tennis? (-)
4. Was your son doing his homework? (+)
5. Was Lola having lunch? (-) 6. Were you shopping? (+)
THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
● Past Continuous: USE
The Past Continuous Tense is used:
• to talk about an action in progress in the past
We were watching TV yesterday at 10:30
Where was your sister yesterday morning? She was doing an exam at school
• to give a description of events in the past
Last Saturday it was raining and the wind was blowing. It was very cold
• to talk about two actions happening at the same time in the past
I was reading a book while my sister was watching TV
● TIME EXPRESSIONS.
We can use some linking words with the past continuous, they are usually called connectors or linkers,
because connect or link two sentences of the same kind.
While. It is used to join two simultaneous actions:
Some students were doing a test while others were writing a composition
Carol was listening to the radio while she was making dinner
Because. It is often used with the past continuous to explain the cause of a particular action.
We didn't go out because it was raining
She couldn't work because they were repairing her computer
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