Past progressive rules, examples
Past progressive
Past Progressive - Past Continuous
to be (was, were) + infinitive + -ing
Examples past progressive - continuous
I was reading a story.
We were going for a walk at six o'clock.
Past progressive use
The Past Progressive tense (Past Continuous) describes on-going actions that continued for a specific stretch of time in the past and ended.
Continuous examples
Jack was playing football all day.
At 10 o`clock Jane was working.
I was working, when my father arrived.
Ann was singing while Tim was
playing the guitar.
Signal words
Past progressive signal words: when, while.
Examples signal words
She was sitting in the classroom when the teacher came.
The film started while they were reading.
Can, like and want have no Past Progressive.
Statements
I |
was |
watching TV. |
Questions
Was |
I |
watching a film? |
Negatives short form
I |
wasn't |
watching TV. |
Negatives long form
I |
was not |
watching TV. |
Exceptions in spelling
Verbs ending on -e.
Examples: to make - making
Verbs with short vowell and double consonant:
stop - stopping, run - running
Exercises
02 Statements Statement exercises
03 Statements To be exercises
04 Statements Regular verbs
05 Statements Past Progressive for regular verbs
Signal words
06 Signal words
Questions - negative sentences Past Progressive
07 irregular verbs Irregular verbs
08 questions Write questions
09 questions Write questions
10 word order Questions - word order
Negatives - negative sentences Past Progressive
11 Past Progressive crossword.
12 Past Progressive Crossword 10 minutes
13 Past Progressive Crossword
14 Past Progressive Crossword
10 minutes
Tests Past Progressive
15 Past Progressive
16 Past Progressive
Statements exercises
02 Statements Statement
exercises
03 Statements To be exercises
04 Statements Regular verbs
05 Statements Past Progressive for regular verbs
Signal words
06 Signal words
Questions - negative sentences
07 Past Progressive
Irregular verbs
08 questions
Write questions
09 questions
Write questions
10 word order
Questions
Negatives - negative
11 Past Progressive
Crossword.
12 Past Progressive 10 minutes
limit
13 Past Progressive
Crossword
14 Past Progressive
10 minutes limit
Tests Past Progressive
15 Past Progressive
16 Past Progressive
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