The document discusses the past continuous tense in Portuguese. It explains that the past continuous tense uses "S + TO BE (past) + VERB + ING" and provides examples of how to form negatives and questions. It also describes how the past continuous is used to refer to an action that was happening when another past action occurred or two simultaneous past actions.
The document discusses the past continuous tense in Portuguese. It explains that the past continuous tense uses "S + TO BE (past) + VERB + ING" and provides examples of how to form negatives and questions. It also describes how the past continuous is used to refer to an action that was happening when another past action occurred or two simultaneous past actions.
The document discusses the past continuous tense in Portuguese. It explains that the past continuous tense uses "S + TO BE (past) + VERB + ING" and provides examples of how to form negatives and questions. It also describes how the past continuous is used to refer to an action that was happening when another past action occurred or two simultaneous past actions.
The document discusses the past continuous tense in Portuguese. It explains that the past continuous tense uses "S + TO BE (past) + VERB + ING" and provides examples of how to form negatives and questions. It also describes how the past continuous is used to refer to an action that was happening when another past action occurred or two simultaneous past actions.
Como estamos usando o TO BE na sua estrutura, as negações Past
Continuous são feitas colocando o NOT após o TO BE: - They are not (aren’t) going to the school, they are going to the museum.
Para formularmos perguntas usando o Past Continuous, só temos que
passar o TO BE para frente do sujeito: - Is he sleeping?
Empregamos o Past Continuous para descrever uma ação que estava
acontecendo quando outra ação ocorreu. Normalmente temos uma ação descrita no past continuous e outra no simple past. - She was walking in the park when we saw her.
Agora, podemos utilizar também o Past Continuous para descrever duas
ações que estavam ocorrendo simultaneamente. - She was studying while her mother was working.
Examples
I was planning my vacations last night.
You were waiting for the bus when I saw you. She was baking a cake yesterday. He was playing volleyball at the court. The cat was eating its food this morning. We were Talking about this event last week. They were watching TV when their mother arrived.