Question

URGENTE PFFFF 1. What were your parents talking about? (economy - me) * 1 ponto
They were talking about economy and they are going to talk about me now.
They are talking about pets, but they prefer to talk about children. They didn't talk about economy.
They were talking about African countries.
They aren't talking about investiment. They like to talk about stamps, magazines, coins.

2. Who was Susan talking with? (boyfriend - brother) * 1 ponto
She was talking with her neighbor. He is her boyfriend. And they are going to the movies.
She was studying with her boyfriend. And she is playing with her brother now She was talking with her boyfriend and she is going to talk with her brother now.
She wasn't talking with anybody.
She is studying her online activities now.

3. Where were you going to? (school - farm) * 1 ponto I was studying at school and I am going to do my homework with my classmates now. I wasn't at school, but I was downtown. I was waiting for the bus. I am going to school on foot and I usually go to the farm by car. I was going to school and I am going to the farm now.

4. What was Paul looking at? (birds - maps) * 1 ponto He was looking at the birds and he is going to look at the maps now. He is looking at the birds on the tree and he was looking at the little girls in the play ground. He wasn't looking at anything and he is going to read the newspaper now. He was looking the paintings on the wall and he is going to look at maps now.

5. What was Karen waiting for? (friends - bus) * 1 ponto She is waiting for her parents and they are waiting for her at the bus stop. She has to wait her friends on the corner. But she is waiting for them in the mall. She was waiting for her friends and she is going to wait for the bus now. She prefers to wait her friends at the bus stop.

Answer 1

Resposta:

1. What were your parents talking about? (economy - me)

They were talking about economy and they are going to talk about me now.

2. Who was Susan talking with? (boyfriend - brother)

She was talking with her boyfriend and she is going to talk with her brother now.

3. Where were you going to? (school - farm)

I was going to school and I am going to the farm now.

4. What was Paul looking at? (birds - maps)

He was looking at the birds and he is going to look at the maps now.

5. What was Karen waiting for? (friends - bus)

She was waiting for her friends and she is going to wait for the bus now.

Explicação:

Past Continuous

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.

Forma Afirmativa (Affirmative Form)

Nas frases afirmativas no Past Continuous, a forma correta de construção frasal é:

Sujeito + Verbo to be no Simple Past + Verbo principal com –ing + Complemento

Exemplo: She was going to my house.

(Ela estava indo para a minha casa.)

Forma Negativa (Negative Form)

Nas frases negativas, utiliza-se o not após o verbo to be. Observe a formação correta:

Sujeito + Verbo to be no Simple Past + not + Verbo principal com –ing + Complemento

Exemplo: She was not going to my house.

(Ela não estava indo para a minha casa.)

Forma Interrogativa (Interrogative Form)

Na formação das frases interrogativas, a seguinte construção frasal é utilizada:

Verbo to be no Simple Past + Sujeito + Verbo principal com –ing + Complemento

Exemplo: Was she going to my house? (Ela estava indo para a minha casa?)

Going To

O going to é uma expressão utilizada no inglês para falar de planos e intenções futuras.

Ele é usado quando a pessoa já decidiu o que vai fazer. Ou seja, quando uma ação já está planejada e irá acontecer num futuro próximo.

Afirmativa (Affirmative Form):

sujeito + verbo to be + going to + infinitivo do verbo principal sem “to”.

Exemplo: I am going to work. (Eu irei trabalhar)

Negativa (Negative Form):

sujeito + verbo to be + not + going to + infinitivo do verbo principal sem “to”.

Exemplo: I am not going to work. (Eu não irei trabalhar)

Interrogativa (Interrrogative Form):

verbo to be + sujeito + going to + infinitivo do verbo principal sem “to”

Exemplo: Am I going to work? (Eu irei trabalhar?)