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    The document discusses the uses of "while" and "when" to talk about past events and activities. It notes that "when" is usually followed by the simple past tense and refers to a specific event, while "while" is usually followed by the past continuous tense and refers to two simultaneous ongoing actions or an ongoing action interrupted by an event. It also provides the structures for forming affirmative, negative, and question sentences using the past continuous tense in English.

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    Pasado Continuo Mapa Mental

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    USES EXPRESSIONS : While / When

    -To talk about actions or events in progress at a time in the past: "The When you talk about things in the past, "when" is most often
    telephone was ringing." followed by the verb tense simple past, whereas "while" is usually
    -To talk about activities started and finished in the past, but we want followed by past continuous.
    emphasized duration: "He was working all night" "I was studying when she called."
    - To talk about an ongoing action in the past interrupted by a sudden "While I was studying, she called"
    event:"She was reading the newspaper in the living room when you arrived"
    - To talk about two ongoing actions were happening at the same time: "I was
    studying while he was making dinner."

    AFFIRMATIVE FORM STRUCTURE


    WH QUESTION FORM
    subject + was/were +verb+ing
    I was crying
    Past Wh..was/were + sujeto + verb+ing
    What were you doing here?
    Why was she crying?
    You were reading this book
    He was knocking the door continuous
    They were waiting for you SHORT ANSWERS
    It was raining. Yes, I was / No, I was not
    Yes, She was / No, She wasn?t
    NEGATIVE FORM STRUCTURE Yes, they were / No, they weren't
    subject + was/were + not + verb+ing
    I was not crying
    You weren't reading this book QUESTION FORM STRUCTURE
    He wasn't knocking the door was/were + subject + verb+ing
    They were not waiting for you Was he watching TV?
    It wasn't raining. Were they waiting for John?

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