Past continuous

Le présent simple (I do) a son présent continu (I am doing). Since we know what happens after (as we are talking from a future perspective), we can see ourselves in the middle of the action. J’ai regardé le film à la télé hier soir. Read on for detailed descriptions, examples, and past continuous exercises.

Le past perfect continu à l’oral. While Steve (watch) football on TV, Monica (listen) to the radio.

Pendant que Steve regardait un match de foot à la télé, Monica écoutait la radio. Traductions en contexte de past continuous en anglais-français avec Reverso Context : The collective tenses are: conditional future past continuous perfect subjunctive present continuous perfect subjunctive Icelandic possesses the middle voice in addition to both the active and passive. The past continuous tense is used to speak about an action that occurred in the past and continued for a certain period of time. PAST SIMPLE = action passée et datée et PAST CONTINUOUS (progressif) = action qui se déroulait à un moment précis dans le passé. EXEMPLES et explications et plus encore dans le livre de grammaire anglaise GRAMMAR FOR MOVERS AELEMENTAIRE.

Après avoir vu le futur, le présent, le présent continu , etc. On continue à apprendre les différents temps qui composent la langue anglaise. Aujourd’hui on va s’intéresser au passé continu qui sera très simple à comprendre si vous avez déjà suivi tous les cours précédents (vous pouvez les retrouver au bas de la page).

We use the past continuous.

What were you doing at 9? When I saw them yesterday, they were arguing. In this sentence there are two verbs: I was watching television when he arrived. The first action is a long action - it lasted for a period of time. Voici un exemple pour illustrer la différence : Georges had eaten all the food.

Handlungen dauerten zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt der Vergangenheit an (waren im Verlauf) Peter was read ing a book yesterday evening. Past continuous exercises. We can join the two ideas with when or while.

As with the present perfect continuous , we are more interested in the process. One action that was happening in the past and was interrupted by another action in the past. Use when The second verb is in the simple past. Two actions that were happening at the same time in the past. Use while Both verbs are in the past continuous.

Make questions to ask what Simon and his girlfriend were doing at a restaurant. At a table by the window. Coffee with milk and a glass of apple juice. Use negative forms of the past continuous.

Complete short dialogues.

Try making the past continuous (or past progressive) tense - this exercise includes the positive and negative forms. Click here to review how to make the past continuous. Quand je suis sorti ce matin le sol était mouillé. Contrasting this timeline with the past continuous for something happening at a specific point in the past may help illustrate the difference between the two uses.

Make sure that students understand the use of time clauses with when and while to help them use the past continuous in context. She came home, switched on the computer and checked her e-mails. Simon was playing on the computer while his brother was watching TV.