Uma lição de inglês por dia: Past Continuous

Porque usamos o Past Continuous?

O Past Continuous (tambem conhecido como past progressive) é usado para descrever uma acção que estávamos a fazer num determinado momento no passado.

Compare as duas frases:

I played golf yesterday. = (Past Simple) a acção (jogar golfe) é mais importante do que o momento em que aconteceu.

I was playing golf at 2pm. = (Past Continuous) o que é importante nesta frase é o que acontecia naquele preciso momento. Não sabemos quando a acção começou nem quando acabou.

Como conjugar o Past Continuous?

Was/were + verbo no gerundio (-ing) é o Past Continuous. Repare nas frases seguintes que estão no Past Continuous:

I was taking a bath at midnight.

Tom was walking his dog at 6am.

They were watching the news when I called.

O Past Continuous pode ser conjugado de 3 formas: Afirmativa, Negativa ou Interrogativa. Veja as seguintes frases nas 3 formas referidas:

Afirmativa:

I was working yesterday.

You were working yesterday.

He/she was working yesterday.

We were working yesterday.

You were working yesterday.

They were working yesterday.

Negativa:

I was not working yesterday.

You were not working yesterday.

He/she was not working yesterday.

We were not working yesterday.

You were not working yesterday.

They were not working yesterday.

Interrogativa:

Was I working yesterday?

Were you working yesterday?

Was he/she working yesterday?

Were we working yesterday?

Were you working yesterday?

Were they working yesterday?

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