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Past Progressive (Past Continuous) : The Past Progressive Puts Emphasis On The Course of An Action in The Past

The document provides information about the past progressive tense in English. It discusses how the past progressive puts emphasis on the ongoing nature of an action in the past. It provides the positive, negative and question forms for the past progressive. It also discusses exceptions in spelling when adding "-ing" and lists common uses of the past progressive tense including emphasizing simultaneous past actions and actions occurring at a specific time. Examples are given and there is a sample test on forming and using the past progressive tense.

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Past Progressive (Past Continuous) : The Past Progressive Puts Emphasis On The Course of An Action in The Past

The document provides information about the past progressive tense in English. It discusses how the past progressive puts emphasis on the ongoing nature of an action in the past. It provides the positive, negative and question forms for the past progressive. It also discusses exceptions in spelling when adding "-ing" and lists common uses of the past progressive tense including emphasizing simultaneous past actions and actions occurring at a specific time. Examples are given and there is a sample test on forming and using the past progressive tense.

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Past Progressive (Past Continuous)

The past progressive puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past.

Form

  Positive Negative Question

I / he / she / it I was speaking. I was not speaking. Was I speaking?

you / we / they You were speaking. You were not speaking. Were you speaking?

Exceptions in Spelling

Exceptions in spelling when adding ing Example

final e is dropped (but: ee is not changed) come – coming


(but: agree – agreeing)

after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled sit – sitting

l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled (in British English) travel – travelling

final ie becomes y lie – lying

Use of Past Progressive


 puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past
Example: He was playing football.

 two actions happening at the same time (in the past)


Example: While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.

 action going on at a certain time in the past


Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
Signal Words of Past Progressive
 when, while, as long as

Test on Past Progressive 1

Test

Write the ing  form of the verbs.

1. live → 

2. stay → 

3. run → 

4. win → 

5. cycle → 

Complete the table in past progressive.

positive negative question

It was raining.

They were not playing.

Was I listening?

Caron was not eating.

You were singing.

Was or Were?

1. We   dancing.

2. The dog   barking.

3. The printer   printing out a photograph.

4. The pupils   writing a test.


5. Sue and Gareth   walking up the hill.

Write sentences in past progressive.

1. he / the car / wash → 

2. she / home / go → 

3. they / not / the match / watch → 

4. you / in the shop / work → 

5. I / not / a magazine / read → 

Write questions in past progressive.

1. she / on a chair / sit → 

2. you / your bag / pack → 

3. his head / ache → 

4. we / tea / drink → 

5. you / the bike / repair → 

Ask for the information in the bold part of the sentence.

1. Jamie was doing a language course in London. → 

2. Andrew was carrying a heavy box. → 

3. The teacher was testing our English. → 

4. At six o'clock, we were having dinner. → 

5. Sally was hurrying to school because she was late. → 

Before submitting the test, check the following:

 Got the spelling right?


 Put in the full stop or question mark where required?
 Used the correct key to type the apostrophe (Shift and #)?

In the test we cannot give you a second try. Such careless mistakes would therefore cost you
valuable points.
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