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The document discusses the past progressive (continuous) tense in English. It provides the form, examples of use, signal words used with the past progressive, and exercises for practice. Specifically, it discusses (1) the form of the past progressive with examples, (2) its use to emphasize ongoing actions in the past or actions happening simultaneously, (3) signal words commonly used with the past progressive like "when" and "while", and (4) exercises to practice forming verbs in the past progressive tense.

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Positive Negative: Exceptions in Spelling

The document discusses the past progressive (continuous) tense in English. It provides the form, examples of use, signal words used with the past progressive, and exercises for practice. Specifically, it discusses (1) the form of the past progressive with examples, (2) its use to emphasize ongoing actions in the past or actions happening simultaneously, (3) signal words commonly used with the past progressive like "when" and "while", and (4) exercises to practice forming verbs in the past progressive tense.

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Past

Progressive (Past Continuous)

 Form

Positive
Negative Question

I / he / she / it I was speaking. I was not speaking. Was I speaking?

you / we / they You were speaking. You were not speaking. Were you speaking?

Exceptions in Spelling
Exceptions in spelling when adding ing Example

final e is dropped (but: ee is not changed) come – coming


(but: agree – agreeing)

after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled sit – sitting

l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled (in British English) travel – travelling

final ie becomes y lie – lying

 Use of Past Progressive


 puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past

Example: He was playing football.

 two actions happening at the same time (in the past)

Example: While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.

 action going on at a certain time in the past

Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.

 Signal Words of Past Progressive


 when, while, as long as

 Exercises on Past Progressive

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).

1. They boys were playing monopoly.


2. Mariela was eating dinner.

3. The kids were playing in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

4. I was to playing the guitar when he came home.


5. Maria and Pedro were playing in the park.

Año de la promoción de la industria responsable y del compromiso climático (2014)

 Institución educativa : ‘’ San Pedro ‘’

 Apellido / nombre : Chiroque Córdova Carla Sugey

 Grado / sección: 4to ‘c’’

 Área : ingles

 Tema : past progressive Continuous

 Profesor : Yvan Cubas Camacho


 Año :

2014

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