Question

alguém me ajuda por favor, preciso entregar amanhã

Answer 1

Resposta:

1 - The children were crying 5 minutes ago;

2 - The boys were not doing their Japanese lesson;

3 - Roy was wearing his brown shirt;

4 - We were reading the newspaper one hour ago;

5 - Was Jane preparing dinner?;

6 - I was not studying geography;

7 - That man was building a doghouse;

8 - They were not traveling around the country last week;

9 - I was wearing my old skirt at the party;

10 - Was your brother sleeping on the sofa?;

11 - Jack and Ann were having breakfast;

12 - My brother was waiting for you;

13 - Those girls were looking for you;

14 - Was Lucy singing in the garden?;

15 - The old man was not swimming in the lake;

16 - Father was sleeping in the garage;

17 - Were the children watching TV in their bedroom?

Explicação:

No Past Continuous, a estrutura das frases seria:

Afirmativa: Sujeito + verbo auxiliar (to be) no passado + verbo principal com o sufixo -ing + complemento;

Negativa: Sujeito + verbo auxiliar (to be) no passado + not + verbo principal com o sufixo -ing + complemento;

Interrogativa: Verbo auxiliar (to be) no passado + Sujeito + verbo principal com o sufixo -ing + complemento.

No caso, o verbo auxiliar (to be) será transformado em was em situações onde o sujeito for algum dos seguintes pronomes: I, he, she ou it. Já em casos onde o pronome usado é you, they ou we, o verbo auxiliar seria transformado em were.

A partir disso, é só realizar as substituições dos sujeitos e analisar qual dos pronomes se encaixaria melhor.

Ex: "The children", na primeira frase, poderia ser traduzido como "as crianças"; logo, o pronome a ser utilizado seria they ("elas"/"eles"). A frase é afirmativa, então sua estrutura seria:

Sujeito ("The children") +

verbo auxiliar (to be) no passado ("were") +

verbo principal com o sufixo -ing (nesse caso, "crying") +

complemento ("5 minutes ago").

Espero ter ajudado!