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En resumen
El past progressive o past continuous es un tiempo verbal que se usa en inglés para hablar de acciones que se encuentran en curso o en progresión en un momento anterior al presente. <img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?
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El past progressive o past continuous es un tiempo verbal que se usa en inglés para hablar de acciones que se encuentran en curso o
en progresión en un momento anterior al presente.
<img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ctextit%7BMary%20was%20sitting%20on%20the%20beach%20yesterday%7D" />
También se usa para hablar de varias acciones que ocurren simultáneamente en el pasado.
<img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ctextit%7BWhile%20Mary%20was%20sitting%20on%20the%20beach%2C%20Jane%20was%20surfing%7D" />
También se emplea para hablar de una acción que estaba sucediendo en el pasado cuando se vio interrumpida por otra que se expresará
en past simple, para dejar claro que es posterior a la otra.
<img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ctextit%7BMary%20was%20sitting%20on%20the%20beach%20when%20it%20started%20to%20rain%7D" />
Para conjugar un verbo en past progressive se utiliza el verbo auxiliar to be en pasado (was / were) y el verbo principal en gerundio
Afirmativo <img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ctextit%7BI%20was%20studying%20%2C%20You%20were%20studying%7D" />
Negativo <img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ctextit%7BI%20wasn%27t%20studying%20%2C%20You%20weren%27t%20studying%7D" />
Interrogativo <img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ctextit%7BWas%20I%20studying%3F%20%2C%20Were%20you%20studying%3F%7D" />
Los marcadores temporales más frecuentes con el past continuous son while , when y as long as
En muchos libros se usa el past continuous para describir el contexto en una historia escrita en pasado.
También se puede usar el past continuous para expresar un cambio de opinión
<img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ctextit%7BI%20was%20going%20to%20spend%20the%20day%20at%20the%20beach%2C%20but%20I%20have%20decided%20to%20get%20my%20homework%20done%20instead%7D" />
Se utiliza con wonder para formular una petición muy educada
<img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ctextit%7BI%20was%20wondering%20if%20you%20could%20help%20me%20with%20my%20homework%7D" />
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