QUESTIONS
WHAT IS THE CORRECT SPELLING FOR THE VERB PLAY IN THE PAST CONTINUOUS ?
PLAYING
Transform the sentence into affirmative.
I didn't go to school.
I went to school.
Transform the sentence into negative.
I was cooking a cake.
I wasn't cooking a cake.
Why you don´t we use -ed in past continuous ?
Beacause in the past continuous we use -ing.
Transform the sentence into affirmative.
I am not cooking a cake
I am cooking a cake.
Transform the sentence into negative.
She was working.
She wasn´t working.
What structure is used in the past continuous ?
Was/were + verb in -ing form
You are cooking a cakes.
Yes , I am cooking a cakes.
Changes the text to negative.
She was swwiming very fast
She wasn't swwiming very fast.
When is the -ing form in the past?
Past continuous
Answer the following question:
Are you playing football?
No, I am not playing football.
Changes the text to negative.
I was studying then.
I wasn´t studying then.
What is the difference between the past continuous and the past simple?
The past continuous is used to emphasize the duration of the action.
Rewrite the sentence using the past continuous.
I didn´t play videogames.
I wasn't playing videogames.
Transform the sentence into negative.
You were eating ice cream.
You weren´t eating ice cream.