Pasado Continuo o Progresivo
subject + was/were + verbo + ing
...ing (...ando, ...endo)
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
I was going
I was not going
Was I going ?
You were going
You were not going
Were you going ?
He was going
He was not going
Was he going ?
She was going
She was not going
Was she going ?
It was going
It was not going
Was it going ?
We were going
We were not going
Were we going ?
You were going
You were not going
Were you going ?
They were going
They were not going
Were they going ?
Affirmative
subject + was/were + verbo + ing
I was going to New York - Estaba (estuve) yendo a New York
You were going to New York - Ud. estaba (estuvo) yendo a New York
Negative
subject + was/were + not + verbo + ing
I was not going to New York - No estaba (estuve) yendo a New York
You were not going to New York - Ud. no estaba (estuvo) yendo a New York
Interrogative
Was/Were + subject + verbo + ing?
Was I going to New York ? - ¿Estaba (estuve) yendo a New York ?
Were you going to New York ? - ¿Estaba (estuvo) Ud. yendo a New York ?
Usos del pasado continuo
Actividades que ocurrían en determinado momento del pasado y que continuaron después.
At 11 am I was preparing our lunch. A las 11 estaba preparando nuestro almuerzo.
Actividades interrumpidas por acciones más cortas.
When my friend was taking a shower, the telephone rang.
Cuando mi amiga estaba duchándose, sonó el teléfono.
While Martha was listening to music, her brother did his homework.
Mientras Martha escuchaba música, su hermano hizo sus deberes
Acciones simultáneas (ambas en presente continuo).
The kids were running and their grandfather was reading an old paper.
Los niños estaban corriendo y su abuelo estaba leyendo un antiguo periódico
REGLAS DE FORMACION DEL GERUNDIO (ING)
a) En general se agrega “ING” a los verbos para formar el gerundio.
Write – writing
Read – reading
Talk – talking
b) verbos que terminan en “E”, se elimina y se agrega “ING”
dance – dancing
date – dating
hope – doping
c) verbos monosilabicos que terminan en una vocal y una consonante, se dobla la consonante.
Stop – stopping
Run – running
d) verbos que terminan en “IE”, se cambia por “Y” y se agrega “ING”
die – dying
lie – lying
Ejercicios:
Agregue correctamente la partícula “ing” a los siguientes verbos según la regla. Busque el significado de
cada uno de ellos.
Come ____________ eat ____________ sit ___________ open __________ begin _________
Die _______ employ ________ try _________ offer _________ prefer __________ help______
Visit________ injure________ make________ create_________ allow_______ destroy ______
Forget _______ construct _________ repair ________ apply _________ know ___________
Modify _________ design ________ combine __________ use _________ teach _________
Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).
1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) __________________ monopoly.
2. Yesterday at six I (prepare) _________________ dinner.
3. The kids (play) ____________________ in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
4. I (practise) __________________ the guitar when he came home.
5. We (not / cycle) ___________________ all day.
6. While Aaron (work) ___________________ in his room, his friends (swim) ________________ in
the pool.
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not) __________________.
8. What (you / do) __________________ yesterday?
9. Most of the time we (sit) ____________________ in the park.
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