Past Progressive

 This tense is used to talk about actions that were happening at a specific moment in the past. These actions were in progress and could have been interrupted by another action or simply happening during a particular time.


Formulas


Affirmative

Personal Noun + Auxiliary (was/were) + Verb in Gerund + Complement


Negative

Personal Noun + Auxiliary (was/were) + Not + Verb in Gerund + Complement

                                            (wasn’t / weren’t)


Interrogative

Auxiliary (was/were) + Personal Noun + Verb in Gerund + Complement + ?


WH- Questions

WH + Auxiliary (was/were) + Personal Noun + Verb in Gerund + Complement + ?



Short Answers


(+) Yes + Personal Noun + Auxiliary (was/were)

(-) No + Personal Noun + Auxiliary (wasn’t / weren’t)


Auxiliary Use


I → was


You → were


He → was


She → was


It → was


We → were


They → were


Examples


(+)

She was drawing a picture

Ella estaba dibujando un dibujo


(-)

They weren’t cooking dinner

Ellos no estaban cocinando la cena


(?)

Was he listening to music?

¿Estaba él escuchando música?


(WH?)

What were you doing at 10 PM?

¿Qué estabas haciendo a las 10 de la noche?




Aldo Eduardo Gamero Beltrán 

Comentarios

  1. MT.E. Susana del Carmen Díaz Cañas, E.T.E11 de mayo de 2025, 6:53 a.m.

    En la parte donde mencionan que son oraciones que pueden ser interrumpidas por otra NO corresponde al pasado progresivo, corresponde al conector WHEN y esa descripción NO va aqui, deben borrarla. Además deben acomodar la contracción abajo del auxiliar WAS - WERE.

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