¿Sabes conjugar el Present Continuous? Sabes conjugar el Past Continuous.
ESTRUCTURA
SUJETO |
TO BE (was/were) | VERBO EN –ing | |
John | was | having |
a coffee. |
CONJUGACIÓN
I was dancing | yo estaba bailando |
you were dancing | tú estabas bailando |
he was dancing | él estaba bailando |
we were dancing | nosotros estábamos bailando |
you were dancing | vosotros estabais bailando |
they were dancing | ellos estaban bailando |
FORMAS
AFFIRMATIVE | NEGATIVE | INTERROGATIVE |
I was | I was not dancing. | Was I dancing? |
You were | You are not dancing. | Were you dancing? |
He was dancing. | He was not dancing. | Was he dancing? |
She was dancing. | She was not dancing. | Was she dancing? |
It was dancing. | It was not dancing. | Was it dancing? |
We were dancing. | We were not dancing. | Were we dancing? |
You were dancing. | You were not dancing | Were you dancing? |
They were dancing. | They were not dancing | Were they dancing? |
ORTOGRAFÍA
Regla general : añadir -ING al infinitivo:
talk => talking / sing => singing / read => reading
Verbos terminados en –e: Simplemente quítala:
dance => dancing / smile => smiling
Pero…
Si acaban en ‘-ee’ / ‘-ye’ / ‘*oe’, no hay cambio:
see => seeing / dye => dyeing
Verbos acabados en –ie: sustituye este grupo por –y-
Lie => lying / die=> dying
En inglés Británico:
travel => travelling cancel => cancelling
Verbos de una sílaba que acaben en consonante-vocal-consonante (CVC):
sit => sitting dig => digging swim => swimming knit => knitting
La misma norma para palabras de dos sílabas si la última es tónica:
for’get => forgetting (2 letras ‘t’)
—‘listen => listening (una ‘n’)
USO
Fíjate en el ejemplo:
Teresa is in her car. She was on her way to work. She was driving.
Teresa estaba conduciendo en ese el momento.
También nos valemos del Past Continuous para hablar de situaciones en progreso en el pasado, que fueron interrumpidas por una acción más breve. WHILE es una palabra que acompañará al Past Continuous en muchas ocasiones.
I was reading an interesting book when she stepped into the room. (Yo) estaba leyendo un libro interesante cuando ella entró en la habitación.
While I was reading an interesting book, she stepped into the room. Mientras (yo) estaba leyendo un libro interesante cuando ella entró en la habitación.
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