PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

El Pasado Continuo, sirve para hablar de acciones que sucedían en un momento determinado del pasado. Su fórmula es :

SUJETO + WAS/WERE + VERBO PRINCIPAL + -ING + COMPLEMENTO

Ejemplo :

I was playing football yesterday.
aí uás pléiin fútbol iésterdei

They were dancing at the Disco last night.
déi uér déncin at de dísco lást náit

NOTA : Se utiliza WAS/WERE de acuerdo al sujeto que lo precede.
Para ello debemos conocer su conjugación.

I WAS
YOU WERE
HE/SHE/IT WAS
WE WERE
YOU WERE
THEY WERE

Para la forma interrogativa, lo único que hacemos es cambiar de posición las 2 primeras partes de la frase.

Were they dancing at the Disco last night?

En ocasiones se aplica el sentido lógico al hacer el cambio.

Were you playing football yesterday?

Was he playing football yesterday?

Para formar el negativo, se agrega NOT o N'T a WAS/WERE.

Ejemplo :

I was not/wasn't playing football yesterday.

They were not/weren't dancing at the Disco last night.

Por último, se aplican las mismas reglas en las terminaciones -ING del presente continuo, pero SOLO a los verbos.