Question

Complete the sentences with the past progressive form of the verbs in parentheses.
a I _________________________ (have) dinner when my friends arrived. b She lost her keys while she _________________________ (run) in the park. c They _________________________ (swim) when they saw a shark. d When I saw you, you _________________________ (talk) to your teacher. e It _________________________ (not rain) when we left home. f When our parents came home we _________________________ (not do) anything. The right sequence is: *

Answer 1

Resposta:

a) I was having dinner when my friends arrived

b) She lost her keys while she was running in the park

c)They are swimming when they saw a shark

d) When I saw you, you were talking to your teacher

e) It was not(wasn´t) raining when we left home

f) When our parents came home we weren´t doing anything

Explicação:

O Past Continuous (Passado Contínuo), também conhecido como Past Progressive (Passado Progressivo), é um tempo verbal utilizado para indicar ações contínuas que ocorreram no passado.Na maioria das vezes, eles são utilizados para descrever duas ações que ocorreram no passado ou ações que estavam em progresso, mas foram interrompidas

Regras de formação do Past Continuous

O Past Continuous é formado pela união do verbo auxilar to be conjugado no Simple Past (Passado Simples) + gerúndio (-ing acrescido a um verbo principal).

As flexões do verbo to be no Simple Past são was e were.

Was é usado com a terceira pessoa do singular (he, she e it) e were é usado com as demais pessoas verbais (I, you, we e they).

Ex: I was walking in the park when I saw you (Eu estava andando no parque quando vi você)

He was cooking dinner when Rosana called you (Ele estava cozinhando o jantar quando Rosana o chamou)