Grammar
Session 3, Nov 20.2012
Mr Roheli
Past Progressive
Main format:
+ à Subject + tobe
(was/were)+ infinitive + ing.
- à Subject +
tobe (was/were) + not + infinitive + ing
? à Tobe (was/were) + subject + infinitive + ing
Example:
Subject
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To be
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Verb
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Object
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||
+
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You,They,We
|
were
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playing
|
football
|
|
I,It,He,She
|
was
|
playing
|
football
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||
-
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You,They,We
|
were
|
not
|
playing
|
football
|
I,It,He,She
|
was
|
not
|
playing
|
football
|
|
?
|
Were
|
You,They,We
|
playing
|
football
|
|
Was
|
I,It,He,She
|
playing
|
football
|
Past Progressive -
Diagram
We use the Past Progressive when we talk about something which was happening
around a period of time in the past.
No
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It is used for
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Example
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Signal Word
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1
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We use the Past Progressive when we talk about something which was happening around a period of time in the past. |
Ayu was walking at the street at this time yesterday
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while(past progressive),when(simple past)
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2
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We use the Past Progressive together with the Simple Past. The Past Progressive is used for the action in the past which was in progress when a new action (Simple Past) happened. |
Ilham was reading book when I came.
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3
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Two actions which were in progress in the past do not
influence each other
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While I was coming
late,shelly was studying hard
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Past Progressive -
Spelling
Be careful with some words when adding -ing to the infinitive.
1) consonant after a
short, stressed vowel at the end of the word
Double the consonant.
sit – he was sittingput - he was putting
If the consonant is not stressed, we do not double it:
benefit - benefiting (Here we stress the first 'e', not the 'i'.)
In British English we double one -l at the end of the word:
travel - travelling
2) one -e at the end of
the word
Leave out the -e.
write – he was writingtake – he was taking
BUT:
double –e: add -ing
see – he was seeing
3) verbs ending in -ie
Change 'ie' to 'y'.lie - he was lying
4) verbs ending in -c
Change 'c' to 'ck'.picnic - he was picnicking
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