terça-feira, 11 de novembro de 2008

Past Continuous/Passado Contínuo

PAST CONTINUOUS
O Past Continuous é usado para expressões temporais passadas que se prolongaram no tempo. O Past Continuous forma-se com o verbo auxiliar (was/were)+verbo principal no gerúndio(ing form).
Para fazer a ing form basta ao verbo principal(Play) adicionar -ing(playing). Nos verbos que acabam em e(become) retira-se o e(becom) e depois adiciona-se -ing(becoming).Nos verbos que têm apenas uma silaba e acabam em consoante+vogal+consoante(run) dupla a consoante final(runn) e adiciona-se -ing(running). Nos verbos que terminam em ie(die) retira-se o ie(d), adiciona-se y(dy) e depois adiciona-se -ing(dying).


Por exemplo:

Play
I was playing
you were playing
he/she/it were playing
we were playing
you were playing
they were playing

NEGATIVA
Para formar a negativa em vez de was/were usa-se wasn't/weren't(was/were +not).
Por exemplo:

Play
I wasn't playing
You weren't playing
He/she/it wasn't playing
We were playing
You were playing
They were playing

INTERROGATIVA
Para formar a Interrogativa basta fazer was/were+sujeito+Verbo Principal(ing form)

Play
Was I playing?
Were you playing?
Was He/she/it playing?
We were playing?
You were playing?
They were playing?

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