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PAST CONTINUOUS & PAST PERFECT
Luca Karau, Leonardo Ventimiglia, Alessandra Zappa
Today we’re going to talk about the
PAST CONTINUOUS
So what are we going to talk about today?
And what is it?
Affermative form:Subject+was/were+ing form
Negative form:Subject+wasn’t/weren’t+ing form
Interrogative form:
Was + I/he/she/it + -ing form
Were + you/we/they + -ing form
Short answers:
Yes/No + I/he/she/it + was/wasn’t
Yes/No + You/we/they + were/weren’t
We use it for:-Actions that were happening in certain moment of the past-Two actions that were happening at the same time in the past
… and for:-Temporary situations in the past-Actions that continued for a certain moment in the past
I was having a battle when team rocket stole our pokèmon
I was flying around Satan City when I saw Goku.
And now let’s talk about the past perfect simple
W-what is the past perfect
then?
Affermative form:Subject+had+past participle
Negative form:Subject+had/hadn’t+past participle
Interrogative form:Had+subject+past participle
Short answers:Yes+hadNo+hadn’t
We use it for actions that happened before other actions in the past
He started reading a new book because he had finished the one he was reading.
I saved the world after I had fought an epic battle
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-continuous-exercise-1.htmlhttps://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive
And, after an incredible pokemon battle, here are some exercises.
Pika-pika-chu
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect-exercise-1.htmlhttps://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/tenses-comparison/simple-past-past-perfect/exercises