past continuous complex
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PAST CONTIN
UOUS
Complex
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1: ONE ACTIVITY IS INTERRUPTED BY SOMETHING ELSE
I was playing computer games
when someone knocked on the door.
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I was cleaning when I broke my vase.
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I _______________a shower when the telephone rang.was having
A ball landed on Jane when she __________________
was sunbathing.
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SUBJECT + WAS/WERE + -ING
I was cooking when the telephone rang.
There was a power cut when Joana and Ted were watching TV.
Teresa was eating dessert when her husband came home.
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2. TWO ACTIONS HAPPENING INDEPENDENTLY ON EACH OTHER
I was playing computer games…
… and my wife was cooking.
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The baby was crying…
… and his sister was playing hide and seek.
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While I __________________ and the girls at the next table __________________ .
was having lunch were gossiping
The sun ________________ and the birds ___________________.was shining were singing
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3. ACTIONS HAPPENING AT A PARTICULAR TIME IN THE PAST
8 pm 11 pm 3 am 7 am
At midnigt the baby was still sleeping.
The
baby
fell
asle
ep
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At three o´clock I was lying on the beach.
2 pm 4 pm
I cam
e on
the
beac
h
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At 5.39 yesterday I was sitting by the window.At 5. 39 yesterday my wife was doing the hoovering.At 5.39 yesterday my children were doing their
homework.
5 pm 6 pm
5.39 – car crash
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4. UNFINISHED ACTIVITIES
I was writing my essay yesterday but I still have not finished.
I was repairing my car then it got dark and I couldn´t see any more so I stopped.
- the car is still not fixed
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5. BACKGROUND OF SOME ACTION
when I woke up.
Basically the same as rule nb. 1
It was raining
When I arrived at the partyJack was telling a joke.
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When I got to the disco almost everyone
____________
only my friend _______________bored at a corner table.
was dancing
was sitting
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6. REPEATED ANNOYING HABITS IN THE PAST
He was always making stupid faces.
Jenny was always chewing chewing gums with her mouth open.
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7. IN POLITE PHRASES I was wondering if I could borrow your newspaper.
I was wondering if you could help me with my essay.
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8. EMPHASIZING THE DURATION OF THE ACTIVITYI was waiting for two hours! Can you imagine that?
He was knocking on the door for 15 minutes! When I didn´t answer he gave up and walked away.
The duration of these acivities is much longer than usual or than expected.
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9. VERBS THAT SHOW SOME CHANGE
My hair was going grey.
It was getting dark in the room and I was getting more and more scared.
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EXERCISE: 1. When I arrived/was arriving to the party, my friends drank/were
drinking beer.
2. I waited/was waiting in the rain for an hour but the train didn´t arrive/ wasn´t
arriving at all! I was so angry.
3. Susan stopped/was stopping by while you shopped/were shopping.
4. Her English improved/was improving during her private English lessons.
5. Just as I fell/was falling asleep, I heard/was hearing a strange noise.
6. We went to dinner last night and, as we ate/were eating,somebody stole/was
stealing my wallet.