Past Continuous El Past Continuous se forma con was / were + gerundio (-ing). afirmativa negativa interrogativa I was playing I wasn’t playing Was I playing? You were playing He She was playing It We were playing You weren’t playing He She wasn’t playing It We weren’t playing Were you playing? he Was she playing? it Were we playing? You were playing You weren’t playing Were you playing? They were playing They weren’t playing Were they playing? (Para consultar las reglas para la construcción del gerundio, puedes consultar el “repaso” del presente continuo del tema anterior.) El Past Continuous se utiliza para expresar una acción que estaba ocurriendo en un momento concreto del pasado. No Sir, I was not talking on my cell phone … I was watching a TV Página 1 show on my iPod … © Gonzalo Orozco Ejercicio 1 ¿Qué estaban haciendo estas personas ayer a las 11 de la mañana? Escribe frases afirmativas utilizando el past continuous. 1. Tom _______________ (sit) in class. 2. The baby _______________ (cry). 3. They_______________ (run). 4. The boy _______________ (wait) at the bus stop. 5. Ejercicio 2 The ladies_______________ (drink) a cup of tea. Contesta con respuestas largas a las siguientes preguntas. Cuando la respuesta sea “no” escribe la respuesta correcta. 1. Was Danny studying English last night? ___No, Danny wasn’t studying English last night.____ © Gonzalo Orozco Página 2. Were Paul and Emma dancing last night? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ 2 ___He was watching TV._______________________ 3. Was Christine swimming yesterday? _________________________________________ _________________________________________ 4. Was Mrs. White playing tennis yesterday? ________________________________________ ________________________________________ 5. Was Mrs. Brown teaching History? ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Ejercicio 3 Escribe preguntas tipo Yes/No para las siguientes repuestas. 1. __Were you waiting on the corner?________________________ 2. 3. 4. 1 repasar ensayar 3 obra de teatro 2 © Gonzalo Orozco Página 3 5. Yes, I was. I was waiting on the corner. ___________________________________________________ Yes, the children were sleeping when you phoned. ___________________________________________________ Yes, he was. Alan was speaking to his new girlfriend when I saw him. ___________________________________________________ No, I wasn’t watching TV. I was revising 1 the English vocab. ___________________________________________________ No, they weren’t arguing. They were rehearsing2 for the school play3. Ejercicio 4 Escribe preguntas con partícula interrogativa para estas respuestas. Recuerda que debes usar el past continuous. 1. _______________________________________? The dog was sleeping on her bed. 2. _______________________________________? The children were playing basketball. 3. _______________________________________? We were going to the cinema. 4. _______________________________________? She was crying last night. 5. _______________________________________? The plumber4 was fixing the tap5. Ejercicio 5 Traduce estas oraciones al inglés. 4 5 fontanero grifo © Gonzalo Orozco Página 4 1. Ayer, a las siete de la tarde, yo estaba jugando al fútbol. _______________________________________________________ 2. Mi madre estuvo trabajando todo el día. _______________________________________________________ 3. Ricardo no estaba haciendo sus deberes cuando le llamé. _______________________________________________________ 4. ¿Estabas escuchando música? _______________________________________________________ 5. ¿Por qué estaba Lisa llorando anoche? _______________________________________________________