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:
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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
|
|
playing
|
football
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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.
We use the Past Progressive (blue) together with the Simple Past (pink). The
Past Progressive is used for the action in the past which was in progress when
a new action (Simple Past) happened.
Two actions which were in progress in the past do not influence each other.
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
|
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 si
tting
put - he
was pu
tting
If the consonant is not stressed, we do not double it:
benefit - benefit
ing (Here we stress the
first 'e', not the 'i'.)
In British English we double one -l at the end of the word:
travel - trave
lling
2) one -e at the end of
the word
Leave out the -e.
writ
e – he
was writ
ing
tak
e – he
was
tak
ing
BUT:
double –e: add -ing
s
ee – he
was
s
eeing
3) verbs ending in -ie
Change 'ie' to 'y'.
l
ie - he
was
l
ying
4) verbs ending in -c
Change 'c' to 'ck'.
picni
c - he
was
picni
cking