La estructura bsica del pasado continuo:

La estructura bsica del afirmativo del pasado continuo: (somebody=alguien; somewhere-algn sitio; something=algo)

suj Aux Verbo MP3 I You He She It You We They was were was was was were were were eating something. Estaba comiendo algo. Estabas hablando con alguien. Estaba escuchando algo. (l) Estaba leyendo algo. (ella) Iba a algn sitio. Mirabais algo. Llevbamos algo puesto. Estaban sentados en algn sitio.

talking to somebody. listening to something. Reading something. going somewhere.

looking at something. wearing something. sitting somewhere.

Nota: Con el pasado continuo se utilizan dos verbos: la forma correspondiente del verbo "to be" como verbo auxilar y la forma bsica del verbo (el infinitivo) como verbo principal (ms "ing"). Nota: Normalmente, simplemente se aade "Ing." al verbo para formar el verbo principal (Llamado "presente participio" por unos y forma "-ing" por otros). En los verbos de una sola slaba que acaban en una vocal y una consonante, se dobla la consonante: "sit" = "sitting". En los verbos que acaban en una vocal, una consonante y "e", se quita la "e" y se reemplaza con "ing": "write" = "writing", "rate" = "rating", "like" = "liking".

Una diferencia entre el pasado continuo y el pasado simple: Algunas ideas en ingls pueden sonar un tanto absurdas a odos espaoles si se traducen directamente. Por ejemplo, "We were wearing something" equivale a "Llevbamos algo puesto" y no "Estbamos llevando algo puesto", o "They were sitting" equivale a "Estaban sentados" y no "Estaban sentndose" como en espaol.

La estructura bsica del negativo del pasado continuo:

Suj Aux Verbo MP3 I You He She It You We They was were was was was were were were not not not not not not not not eating something. No estaba comiendo algo. No estabas hablando con alguien. No estaba escuchando algo. (l) No estaba leyendo algo. (Ella) No iba a algn sitio. No mirabais algo. No llevbamos algo puesto. No estaban sentados en algn sitio.

talking to somebody. listening to something. Reading something. going somewhere.

looking at something. wearing something. sitting somewhere.

Nota: Contracciones: Se suele contraer "I was not" con "I wasn't", "it was not" con "it wasn't", "you were not" con "you weren't", "we were not" con "we weren't", "that was not" con ""that wasn't", etc.

La estructura bsica del interrogativo del pasado continuo: (anywhere = alguna o cualquier parte, anybody = cualquiera, alguien, anything = cualquier cosa, algo)

Aux Suj Verbo MP3 Was Were Was Was Was Were Were I you he she it you we eating something? Estaba comiendo algo? Estabas hablando con alguien? Estaba escuchando algo? (l) Estaba leyendo algo? (ella) Iba a algn sitio? Mirabais algo? Llevbamos algo puesto?

talking to somebody? listening to something? Reading something? going somewhere?

looking at something? wearing something?

Were

they

sitting

somewhere?

Estaban sentados en algn sitio?

Nota: La palabra "some" y "any" a veces significan lo mismo. La principal diferencia es que "some" se suele utilizar para afirmativas y "any" para negativas y interrogativas. Nota: En el pasado continuo interrogativo simplemente se intercambia el verbo "to be" con el sujeto para hacer la pregunta.