jueves, 17 de noviembre de 2011

Ingles III (Miércoles 16/11/11)

Estuvimos viendo la conjugación del pasado continuo (Past Continuous)

Affirmative                                          Negative                             Interrogative                                                      

I was working                                     I wasn't working                 Was I working?
You were working                              You weren't working          Were you working?
He was working                                  He wasn't working              Was he working?
She was working                                She wasn't working             Was she working?
It was working                                    It wasn't working                 Was it working?
We were working                               We weren't working             Were we working?
You were working                              You weren't working           Were you working?
They were working                             They weren't working          Were they working?

Usamos el pasado simple para expresar una acción que estaba teniendo lugar en un momento del pasado. Con él queremos expresar que esa acción tuvo una duración más o menos larga. Las acciones instantáneas o de duración muy corta (fall, stop, finish...) no suelen usarse con este tiempo.
Yesterday, at 5 o'clock I was listening to the radio.
I stopped work at 5 o'clock yesterday.


Es muy habitual encontrarnos frases compuestas en las que aparecerán el pasado simple y el pasado contínuo. En ellas, una acción larga (en pasado continuo) es interrumpida por una acción más corta (en pasado simple). Como nexo conector nos encontraremos las palabras while (mientras) y when (cuando)
She was driving too fast when the police stopped her.
While she was watching TV the telephone rang.


Practica: past simple or past continuous?

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