Mastering the Past Progressive Tense

1. INVIL/UNAD Bilingüe/Inglés3 Brenda Liceth Vargas- Carmen Sánchez V Sept 10, 2014

2.  PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE Takenfrom:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/past_progressive.htm

3. The PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE • The past progressive indicates a limited duration of time and is thus a convenient way to indicate that something took place (in the simple past) while something else was happening: Carloslost his watch while he was running. • The past progressive is also used to poke fun at or criticize an action that is sporadic but habitual in nature: Jerry was always handing in late papers. My father was always lecturing my brother. • The past progressive can express incomplete action. Iwas sleeping on the couch when Bertie smashed through the door. (as opposed to the simple past, which suggests a completed action: I slept on the couch last night. Takenfrom:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/past_progressive.htm

4.  PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE: Conjugationexamples- Takenfrom:http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/past_progressive.htm

5. Generally, progressiveformsoccuronlywithwhat are calleddynamicverbs and notwithstativeverbs. Takenfrom:http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive

6. Past progressive Affirmative, negative, interrogative forms Exceptions in spelling Takenfrom:http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive

7. The past progressive. • Use of Past Progressive • puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past: • Hewas playing football. • two actions happening at the same time (in the past): • While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes. • action going on at a certain time in the past: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang. • Signal Words of Past Progressive • when, while, as long as Takenfrom:http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive

8. Fill in the blanks with past continuous or simple past. Put simple past and past continuous forms of verbs: • He _______ (walk) across the bridge when his hat ______ (blow) off. • He _______ (work) all day yesterday. • I _______ (come) in while he ______ (write). • We _______ (live) in France when the war ______ (begin). • It ______ (rain) this morning when I ______ (get) up. • When I ______ (arrive) at his house he ______ (still). • When you _______ (come) in I _______ (write). • The boy ________ (jump) off the bus while it ______ (move). • The fire still _______ (burn) at 6’clock this morning. • She ______ (cut) her finger while she ______ (cut) the bread. Taken from: http://www.sitams.org/cource/material/english/2ndyear/tensesexercise.pdf

9. Excersices • http://www.my-english.edu.pl/index.php?id=32 • Filling the blanks: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=past-progressive-tense-1

10. The past progressive. • Exercises on Past Progressive • Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ing • Was or Were • Positive Sentences • Negative Sentences • Questions • Questions with Interrogatives • Play with the four forms http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/past-continuous-exercises.html Takenfrom:http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive