The past continuous — Langue Anglaise 3AM

Résumé du chapitre « The past continuous » en Langue Anglaise, 3ème Année Moyenne, conforme au programme algérien : l'essentiel de chaque cours, des questions pour vérifier ta compréhension et des exercices.

Les cours du chapitre

1. Form

   The past continuous is built like the present continuous, but the verb to be goes into the past.

   • The two pieces
   • Negative and question
   • Spelling of the -ing form

   À retenir :Past continuous = was / were + verb-ing; the negative adds not after to be and the question puts was / were first.

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2. Use

   The past continuous shows an action that was going on at a past moment — the background of a story.

   • An action in progress
   • Two actions together
   • The background of a story

   À retenir :The past continuous shows an action in progress at a past moment, two long actions at the same time (while), or the background of a story.

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3. Past continuous or past simple

   The two past tenses work together: one gives the long action, the other gives the short one that interrupts it.

   • The rule
   • when and while
   • Two short actions

   À retenir :The past continuous gives the long action and the past simple the short one that interrupts it: while + continuous, when + simple.

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