Pasado
Continuo
El
Pasado Continuo, es un tiempo verbal que describe acciones que estaban siendo
realizadas en un momento del pasado al que se hace referencia y que luego continuaron,
por ejemplo:
Yesterday he was studying English. Ayer él estaba
estudiando inglés.
(Comenzó
a estudiar antes de ese momento y continuó estudiando posteriormente)
John was playing tennis at 10 a.m. John estuvo jugando
tenis a las 10 a.m.
(Comenzó
a jugar tenis antes de las 10 a.m. y continuó haciendolo después)
Observa
que la forma negativa se construye colocando la partícula NOT después del verbo
TO BE. Puede usarse también la forma contraída WASN'T o WEREN'T.
También
se puede utilizar este tiempo verbal para relatar dos acciones que sucedieron
en el pasado y que una de ellas ya se ha completado. Para ello utilizamos el
Pasado Simple para mencionar lo que ya finalizó y el Pasado Continuo para
relatar lo que sigue ejecutándose.
When I left, he was studying the lesson.
Cuando
yo partí, el estaba estudiando la lección.
They were singing when I broke the window.
Ellos
estaban cantando cuando yo rompí la ventana.
past Continuous
The Past Continuous is a tense describes actions that
were being made in a time in the past referred to and then continued, for
example:
Yesterday He Was studying English. Yesterday he was
studying English.
(He began to study before that time and continued to
study later)
John was playing tennis at 10 am John was playing
tennis at 10 am
(Began playing tennis before 10 am and continued doing
it later)
Note that the negative particle is constructed by
placing the NOT after the verb TO BE. You can also use the contracted form or
Were not Was not.
You can also use this tense to describe two things
that happened in the past and one of them has already been completed. We use
the Past Simple to mention what has been completed and the Past Continuous to
tell what is still running.
When I left, He Was studying the lesson.
When I left, he was studying the lesson.
They Were singing When I broke the window.
They were singing when I broke the window.
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