Question

PAST CONTINUOUS
Complete the sentences with the past progressive and translate them.
1. The girls ________________ (play/not) cards.
2. Greg ________________ (look) for his wallet.
3. Mr Miller ___________________ (not wash) his car.
4. ________ Susan __________ (do) her homework?
5. They _______________ (not play) football yesterday afternoon.
6. I __________________ (wait) for her in the park.
7. Carol and I ___________________ (have) dinner when he arrived.
8.________ We ___________(play) the guitar when she entered?
9. Tom __________________(not swim) in the pool.
10. The boys _____________________ (cycle) home from school.
11. She ___________________ (not work) in her office.
12. _______ you __________ (study) the new words?
13. Ann __________ (lie) on the beach.
14. We _____________ (sit) on the bench for a long time.
15. He __________ (phone) his aunt.

Answer 1

Se completan las siguientes oraciones (sentences) con los verbos en los paréntesis en past continuo (past progressive):

1. The girls weren't playing cards.
2. Greg was looking for his wallet.
3. Mr. Miller wasn't washing his car.
4. Was Susan doing her homework?
5. They weren't playing football yesterday afternoon.
6. I was waiting for her in the park.
7. Carol and I were having dinner when he arrived.
8. Were we playing the guitar when she entered?
9. Tom wasn't swimming in the pool.
10. The boys were cycling home from school.
11. She wasn't working in her office.
12. Were you studying the new words?
13. Ann was lying on the beach.
14. We were sitting on the bench for a long time.
15. He was phoning his aunt.

Traducción

1. Las chicas no estaban jugando a las cartas.
2. Greg estaba buscando su billetera.
3. El Sr. Miller no estaba lavando su auto.
4. ¿Estaba Susan haciendo su tarea?
5. Ellos no estaban jugando al fútbol ayer por la tarde.
6. Yo la estaba esperando en el parque.
7. Carol y yo estábamos cenando cuando llegó.
8. ¿Estábamos nosotros tocando la guitarra cuando ella entró?
9. Tom no estaba nadando en la piscina.
10. Los chicos estaban yendo en bicicleta a casa desde la escuela.
11. Ella no estaba trabajando en su oficina.
12. ¿Estabas estudiando las nuevas palabras?
13. Ann estaba tumbada en la playa.
14. Nosotros estuvimos sentados en el banco durante mucho tiempo.
15. Él estaba llamando a su tía.

¿Para qué se usa el past continuous?

Se utiliza para hablar de una acción que ocurrió en el pasado y continúo durante cierto periodo de tiempo. Se debe utilizar el verbo “to be” para construir este tiempo verbal. Las oraciones afirmativas tienen la siguiente estructura dependiendo del sujeto de la oración:

• Sujeto (I, he, she, it) + was + verbo en ing + complemento
• Sujeto (you, we, they) + were + verbo en ing + complemento

Aprende más sobre el past continuous aquí: https://brainly.lat/tarea/14665739 y https://brainly.lat/tarea/2920461

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