El Pasado Continuo, es un tiempo verbal que describe acciones que estaban siendo realizadas en un momento del pasado al que se hace referencia y que luego continuaron.
El Pasado Continuo se construye con el verbo auxiliar "to be" en su forma pasada y el verbo principal en infinitivo con la terminación ING:
Observa que la forma negativa se construye colocando la partícula NOT después del verbo TO BE. Puede usarse también la forma contraída WASN'T o WEREN'T.
Ejemplos:
1. I was reading a magazine when it started to rain.
2. Some friends arrived while we were watching television.
3. He was cooking dinner when he received a text message from his girlfriend.
4. They were playing football when the storm began.
5. What were you doing at 3 pm yesterday?
6. Were you studying when I rang you last night?
7. He couldn´t sleep because the baby was crying.
8. She arrived as the train was leaving the station.
9. The children listened while the teacher was explaining the answers.
10. I was listening to the radio when I received your email.
2. Some friends arrived while we were watching television.
3. He was cooking dinner when he received a text message from his girlfriend.
4. They were playing football when the storm began.
5. What were you doing at 3 pm yesterday?
6. Were you studying when I rang you last night?
7. He couldn´t sleep because the baby was crying.
8. She arrived as the train was leaving the station.
9. The children listened while the teacher was explaining the answers.
10. I was listening to the radio when I received your email.
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