Data: 30/09/2020 – Professora: Nilda Rodrigues dos Santos Lima - Disciplina: Língua Inglesa – Conteúdo: Past Continuous.

 

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Profª: Nilda Rodrigues dos S. Lima                      Data: 30/09/2020

Conteúdo: Past Continuous

Past Continuous – (Passado contíuo) – explicação

O Past Continuous (Passado Contínuo), também conhecido como Past Progressive (Passado Progressivo), é um tempo verbal utilizado para indicar ações contínuas que ocorreram no passado.

Quando utilizar o Past Continuous?

Confira os casos onde o Past Continuous deve ser utilizado.

1. Para expressar duas ou mais ações que acontecem ao mesmo tempo no passado

Nesse caso, é muito comum o uso da palavra while (enquanto).

Exemplos:

· I was reading a book while he was watching TV. (Eu estava lendo um livro enquanto ele estava assistindo TV).

· My father was washing the dishes while my mother was vacuumming the house. (Meu pai estava lavando a louça enquanto minha mãe estava passando o aspirador na casa.)

·     While the girls were playing basketball, the boys were playing volleyball. (Enquanto as meninas estavam jogando basquete, os meninos estavam jogando vôlei.)

2. Para expressar uma ação contínua no passado, que já estava acontecendo, quando outra mais pontual ocorreu.

Nesse caso, a ação pontual no passado é expressa pelo Simple Past (Passado Simples).

Exemplos:

·     I was watching Brazil’s game when the phone rang. (Eu estava assistindo o jogo do Brasil quando o telefone tocou.)

·     We were talking when the teacher arrived. (Estávamos conversando quando a professora chegou.)

·     They were studying when somebody rang the bell. (Eles estavam estudando quando alguém tocou a campainha.)

Regras de formação do Past Continuous

O Past Continuous é formado pela união do verbo auxilar to be conjugado no Simple Past (Passado Simples) + gerúndio (-ing acrescido a um verbo principal).

As flexões do verbo to be no Simple Past são was e were.

Was é usado com a terceira pessoa do singular (he, she e it) e were é usado com as demais pessoas verbais (I, you, we e they).

Confira abaixo a conjugação completa do verbo to be no Simple Past.

Verbo To Be

Uma vez que o verbo to be é o auxiliar do Past Continuous, relembre sua conjugação no Simple Past:

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I was	I was not/ I wasn't	Was I...?
You were	You were not/ You weren't	Were you...?
He was	He was not/ He wasn't	Was he...?
She was	She was not/ She wasn't	Was she...?
It was	It was not/ It wasn't	Was it...?
We were	We were not/ We weren't	Were we...?
You were	You were not/ You weren't	Were you...?
They were	They were not/ They weren't	Were they...?

Forma Afirmativa (Affirmative Form)

Nas frases afirmativas no Past Continuous, a forma correta de construção frasal é:

Sujeito + Verbo to be no Simple Past + Verbo principal com –ing + Complemento

Exemplo: She was going to my house. (Ela estava indo para a minha casa.)

Veja também: Simple Past: exercícios com gabarito comentado (nível fácil)

Forma Negativa (Negative Form)

Nas frases negativas, utiliza-se o not após o verbo to be. Observe a formação correta:

Sujeito + Verbo to be no Simple Past + not + Verbo principal com –ing + Complemento

Exemplo: She was not going to my house. (Ela não estava indo para a minha casa.

Atenção! (Pay Attention!)

Na forma negativa, o verbo to be pode ser usado na contracted form (forma contraída):

Full form	Contracted form
I was not	I wasn’t
You were not	You weren’t
He/She/It was not	He/She/It wasn’t
We were not	We weren’t
You were not	You weren’t
They were not	They weren’t

Forma Interrogativa (Interrogative Form)

Na formação das frases interrogativas, a seguinte construção frasal é utilizada:

Verbo to be no Simple Past + Sujeito + Verbo principal com –ing + Complemento

Exemplo: Was she going to my house? (Ela estava indo para a minha casa?)

ATIVIDADES

01.          Complete as alternativas abaixo passando o verbo em parênteses para o “Past continuous”:

Regra ( was/were – verb principal + ing.)

a) I _________________a very pleasant book last night. (to read)

b) He _________________ TV when his mother arrived. (to watch)

c) My father and my little brother were playing soccer yesterday. (to play)

d) My mother ___________________lunch with her friends last week. (to have)

e) They _____________________hard in their College project. (to work)

02.  Complete as interrogações abaixo usando o “Past Continuous”:

a) Was Rachel reading a new book? (read)

b)________they___________together yesterday? (work)

c)________he___________ to music? (listen)

d)________you _________street dance? (do)

e)________she __________her sister with her homework? (help)

03. Qual das alternativas apresenta a estrutura correta do “Past continuous”?

a) verb to be (presente) + main verb + ing

b) verb to be (past) + to + main verb

c) verb to be (past) + main verb + ing

d) verb to be (present) + to + ing

e) verb to be (past) + ing