USAMOS ESTE TIEMPO PARA:

REFERIRNOS A UNA ACCIÓN QUE

SE REALIZABA
PROGRESIVAMENTE EN ALGÚN
MOMENTO EN EL PASADO.
 EJEMPLOS
► AT
8 O´CLOCK YESTERDAY EVENING, I
WAS HAVING LUNCH.

► LAST
NIGHT, PETER WAS SLEEPING IN
PAULA´S HOUSE.

► LAST
YEAR, SHE WAS ATTENDING
UNIVERSITY.
 TAMBIÉN SE USA ESTE TIEMPO PARA
EXPRESAR QUE SE ESTABA REALIZANDO
UNA ACCIÓN CUANDO OCURRIÓ OTRA.
EJEMPLO:
► I WAS SLEEPING WHEN THE PHONE RANG.
► HE WAS CLOSIG THE STORE WHEN THE
THIEVES ENTERED.
► HE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS WHEN
HE HEARD THE WOMAN SHOUT.
 PARA REFERIRNOS A DOS
ACCIONES QUE OCURRÍAN AL
MISMO TIEMPO EN EL
PASADO.
 EJEMPLOS
► MY
FATHER WAS READING THE PAPER
WHILE MY MOTHER WAS
WATCHING TELEVISION.

►I WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL WHILE MY

LITTLE BROTHER WAS FLYING A KITE.
FORMAS DEL PASADO DEL VERBO “TO BE” (SER O
ESTAR)
AFFIRMATIVA NEGATIVA INTERROGATIVA

I WAS I WAS NOT/I WASN´T WAS I ?

YOU WERE YOU WERE NOT/ WEREN´T WERE YOU ?

SHE WAS SHE WAS NOT/WASN´T WAS SHE ´?

HE WAS HE WAS NOT /WASN´T WAS HE ?

IT WAS IT WAS NOT / WASN´T WAS IT ?

WE WERE WE WERE NOT / WEREN´T WERE WE ?

YOU WERE YOU WERE NOT / WEREN´T WERE YOU ?

THEY WERE THEY WERE NOT /WEREN´T WERE THEY?

 ¿CÓMO SE FORMA EL PASADO
CONTINUO O PROGRESIVO?
► SUJETO + VERBO “TO BE” + VERBO+ING
EN PASADO

SHE WAS DANCING

YESTERDAY, PERDRO
WAS RIDING HIS YESTERDAY,
BICYCLE SHE WAS
DANCING

YESTERDAY, HE
WAS PLAYING
THE DRUMS
 ¿QUÉ PALABRAS ME DAN LA
CLAVE DE CUANDO ES PASADO?

► YESTERDAY
► LAST WEEK
► THIS MORNING
► LAST NIGHT
► LAST YEAR
► TWO YEARS AGO. ETC-
 THE POSTMAN WAS
DELIVERING LETTERS

THE THIEF WAS

RUNNING AWAY FROM
THE POLICE.

THE MAN WAS

HUNTING DUCKS
DOS ACCIONES QUE OCURRÍAN AL
MISMO TIEMPO

WHILE

THE BABY WAS THE PARENTS

SLEEPING WERE DANCING
 UNA ACCIÓN QUE OCURRÍA
CUANDO SUCEDIÓ OTRA

WHEN

HE WAS FEEDING THE

THE MADMAN SHOWED UP
PIDGEONS
 Created by
Patricia Palacios Ferré
Practitioner teacher of

English