Past Continuous

Adapted from http://www.brasilescola.com/ingles/past-continuous.htm

O passado contnuo usado para se referir a uma situao que estava em andamento em um
determinado momento do passado. A construo do passado contnuo deve ser dada segundo a
forma:

Sujeito + verbo to be no passado (was/were) + verbo com ing + complemento.

She was working yesterday night. (Ela estava trabalhando ontem noite).
He was working at the college. (Ele estava trabalhando na universidade).
The dog was barking a lot yesterday night. (O cachorro estava latindo muito noite passada).

Para a forma negativa, basta acrescentar o not aps o passado do verbo to be(was/were):

They were not studying when I arrived home. (Eles no estavam estudando quando eu cheguei em
casa).
I was not traveling last week. (Eu no estava viajando semana passada).
We were not playing cards during the class. (Ns no estvamos jogando baralho durante a aula).

Para elaborar uma frase interrogativa necessrio colocar o passado do verbo to be
(was/were) no incio da frase:

Was Lisa copying Mariannes exercises? (A Lisa estava copiando os exerccios da Marianne?)
Was Bob riding a horse with his friends on the farm yesterday? (O Bob estava andando a cavalo
com seus amigos na fazenda ontem?)
Were you two dancing during the P.E. class yesterday? (Vocs dois estavam danando durante a
aula de Educao Fsica ontem?)

Se surgir alguma dvida quanto ao uso do verbo to be no passado, basta consultar a tabela
abaixo:
Personal pronouns
(Pronomes Pessoais)
Verbo to be no presente Verbo to be no passado
I am was
You are were
He is was
She is was
It is was
We are were
You are were
They are Were

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DATA:
PROFESSOR (A): Antonio Costa
robson
ALUNO (A): 8 ano E.F.
II Unidade



Exercise
Adapted from http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises

1) Ponha o verbo no past progressive.

a) When I phoned my friends, they (play) ______________________ monopoly.
b) Yesterday at six I (prepare) ______________________ dinner.
c) The kids (play) ______________________ in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
d) I (practise) ______________________ the guitar when he came home.
e) We (not / cycle) ______________________ all day.
f) While Aaron (work) ______________________ in his room, his friends (swim)
______________________ in the pool.
g) I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not) ______________________.
h) What (you / do) ______________________ yesterday?
i) Most of the time we (sit) ______________________ in the park.

2) Escreva frases no Past Continuou usando as palavras a seguir.

My mother / read / a novel _____________________________________________________
My father / watch / a movie _____________________________________________________
My elder sister / writing / in her diary _____________________________________________
My two brothers / listen / to the radio _____________________________________________
My little sister and I / not / watch / a movie ________________________________________
We / talk / about school ________________________________________________________
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