E) Past Progressive

The past  progressive tense is going to be used to talk about an action that happens into the past but that at that past it has a continuity with regard to the action itself but that due to something or somebody it was stopped just for a while or definitely. Grammatically we will need to apply the verb TO BE conjured into past tense followed by the main verb into a gerund way depending on the way it is from the three we already know.

Afirmative

Subject  +  was / were + verb in gerund + complemet

Ex.

• It was raining in the city yesterday.
• He were having a good time at the party.
• She was trying to solve her problems.
• We were watching  movie on tv when the light went off. 

Negative

Subject + wasn´t / weren´t + verb in gerund + complement

Ex.

• He wasn´t behaving well there.
• John wasn´t driving drunk on the road.
• They weren´t getting ready for the exam.
• You weren´t paying attention to the class.
• We weren´t saying anything in the meeting.

Interrogative

Was / were + subject + verb in gerund + complement + ?

Ex.

a.- Were you following the doctor´s prescription?

b.- Yes I was / No I wasn´t

a.- Was he doing exercise yesterday?

b.- Yes, he was. / No, he wasn´t.

Ejercicios en clase

 

·         Ellos no estuvieron preguntando en la clase

·         They weren´t asking questions in the class

·         Ellos estuvieron nadando en la picina

·         They were swimming in the pool

·         El estuvo dibujando sobre su libreta

·         He was drawing on his notebook

·         Nosotros estuvimos bailando en la disco

·         We were dancing in the disco.

·         Leslie estaba asistiendo a clases de ingles

·         Leslie was attending to English class

·         Ellos estaban viajando por la carretera el día sábado por la noche

·         They were traveling on the road on saturday night