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Past Continuous Sec 3 Notes

The document provides an overview of the simple past and past continuous tenses, including their formation, usage, and examples. It explains how to form negative and question structures in the past continuous tense. Additionally, it highlights the difference between using 'when' and 'while' in sentences involving these tenses.

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Past Continuous Sec 3 Notes

The document provides an overview of the simple past and past continuous tenses, including their formation, usage, and examples. It explains how to form negative and question structures in the past continuous tense. Additionally, it highlights the difference between using 'when' and 'while' in sentences involving these tenses.

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I _______

was
Review: You _______
were
Simple Past - We _______
were
He/She/It _______
Verb “be” You
Was
_______
were
They _______
was

Past Continuous - Use

Use the past continuous to describe an action that was in


_______________________,
or continued
______________________,
for sometime at a certain moment in the past. progore
The UFO ___________ (fly) over my house at 8:00 pm.
was flying
I _________
was doing(do) my homework at the time.
Past Continuous -
Formation
was or ______,
Form the past continuous with ______ were followed by the
_______ form of the verb.
ing
Subject + was/were + -ing verb + rest of the sentence.

Examples:

A strange light was glowing out of the UFO.


Aliens were descending a ladder in my backyard.
My dog was barking loudly.

Past Continuous -
Negative
Form the negative, by adding ______ after ______ or ______. You
may also use the contracted form: wasn't rentre
_______ or _______.

Subject + was/were + not + -ing verb + rest of the sentence.

Examples:

The UFO was not moving.


Aliens weren’t walking. They were staring at my dog
and communicating with him.
Past Continuous -
Yes/No Questions
Form yes/no questions by, flipping the subject
____________ and the
_________.
vert be
Was/Were + subject + -ing verb + rest of the sentence?

Examples: You were talking to my dog.

__________________________________________________

Past Continuous -
Information Questions
Form information questions by adding a ______________
question word and
flipping the subject
__________ and the _________.
vert be
Question word + was/were + subject + -ing verb + rest of the
sentence?

Examples: The aliens were landing on the front lawn.

Where were the aliens landing


__________________________________________________
Past Tenses - Use
Use the simple past when an action __________
interrupte another action
that was in progress.

I was doing my homework when the aliens knocked on my


door.

Two actions can be in progress at


________________.
the same time
My dog was barking while the aliens were talking to him.

When vs. While


Use _______ to introduce the interruption in the simple past.

I was doing my homework when the aliens knocked on my


door. ____________________

Use _______ to introduce the action in the past continuous.

I was calling the police while the aliens were talking to my


dog.
_______________________________

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