PASADO PROGRESIVO 

Definición

El Pasado Progresivo es un tiempo verbal del pasado, el cual se usa para hablar acerca del desarrollo de una acción que transcurría en un tiempo determinado, cuyo fin no conocemos o carece de importancia, así como también para expresar que una acción tenía lugar cuando otra la interrumpió y finalmente referirnos a acciones que ocurrían simultáneamente.



  • Oraciones Afirmativas
Pronombre /Sujeto + was/were + Verbo – ing + Complemento + Time expression
  • Oraciones Negativas
Pronombre / sujeto + wasn´t/weren´t + Verbo-ing + Complemento + Time Expression
  • Oraciones Interrogativas
Was/Were + Subject + verbo-ing + Complemento + Time expression + ?

EJEMPLOS

  1. When I came into the living room, the cats were sitting on the table.
  2. I could tell by his eyes that he was lying to me.
  3. We were playing Monopoly when our neighbours rang at the door.
  4. Helen was listening to the radio when she heard a strange noise in the garden.
  5. I was preparing dinner yesterday when I noticed that the cooker was not working


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