Glosary

GLOSARY

1. Purchase: comprar
2. Advertisement: anuncio
3. Trick: truco
4. Electronic device:  dispositivo electrónico
5. Rollerblading: patinaje en línea
6. Fighting: lucha
7. Wrist band: pulsera
8. Destroy: destruir
9. Back and forth:  de ida y vuelta
10. Monk: monje
11. Sign: firma
12. Wild: juego
13. Cherished: apreciada
14. Defense: defensa
15. Replace: vuelva a colocar
16. Pill; píldora
17. Exhausted: exhausto
18. Improve: mejorar
19. Shy: tímido
20. Harmful: novico
21. Hesitating: bacilante
22. Body language: lenguaje corporal
23. Finger tapping: huella digital
24. Pile up: apilar
25. Align: alinear
26. Anxiety: anciedad
27. Anoint: unción
28. Veil: velo
29. Wedding vows: votos de la boda
30. Threshold: umbral
31. Puppet: títeres
32. Drought: sequía
33. Pray: rezar
34. Passersby: Los transeúntes
35. Bell: campana
36. Decrease: diminución
37. Sinking: hundimiento
38. Threat: amenaza
39. Fossil fuels: combustible fósil
40. Reflection: reflexión
41. Wave: de onda
42. Increase: aumentar
43. Patterns: patrones
44. Weakened: debilitado
45. Coastal area: Zona Costera

Final Activity

PAST CONTINUOUS

Exercises

Write the verb in parentheses in "past simple" or "past continuous" as appropriate: 

1.Last Saturday when my brother arrived, I ________ TV (to watch)

2. The police arrested the murderer when he ________ an old woman (to attack)

3. My uncle ________ all his fortune playing in casinos (to lose)

4. Yesterday it rained all day and the river almost ________ its banks (to burst)

5. Last night when I left the party two gangs of hooligans ________ (to fight)

6. Last Friday my father ________ to Paris to visit my brother who works there (to go)

7. They ________ the new bridge in time for the Olympic Games (to finish)

8. My girlfriend didn't come with us to the cinema because she ________ (to study)

9. When the teacher entered the classroom the students ________ very loudly (to speak)

10. That terrible accident ________ yesterday evening (to happen)

11. Last night when the thieves ________ into my house I was sleeping (to break)

12. My parents ________ in the Cathedral of Seville 40 years ago (to get married)

13. The Socialist Party ________ the last elections and is now in power (to win)

14. The other day when I ________ tennis I hurt my leg (to play)

15. Philip ________ at home in very strange circumstances (to die)

16. Susan ________ Law in the university of Madrid (to study)

17. Yesterday when you came home I ________ the dog (to walk)

18. The plane ________ into the mountains due to the weather conditions (to crash)

19. He ________ late at the station and missed his train (to arrive)

20. The mother went to calm her little baby because she ________ (to cry)

21. My neighbour ________ a heart attack last year and still hasn't fully recovered (to have)

22. This morning while my friends played football I ________ my homework (to do)

23 Last summer we ________ to the south of Spain for our holiday (to go)

24.night it was raining when we ________ the Theatre (to leave)

25. This morning the dog ________ the postman when he was delivering the mail (to attack)

Examples

Past continuous (past continuous): This is when the action is performed and this continues for a while. Use "was / were" + a verb with "ing"
examples: 


I was listening to music - Estaba escuchando música

He was playing with his sister - El estaba jugando con su hermana

She was taking a bath - Ella se estaba dando un baño


They were singing an english song - Ellos estaban cantando una canción en inglés

We were eating some cookies - Estabamos comiendo unas galletas 

FORMULA DEL PASADO CONTINUO

subject + was / were + 1 > ing	1	2	3
	go	went	gone

...ing = ...ando, ...endo

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I was going	I was not going	Was I going?
You were going	You were not going	Were you going?
He was going	He was not going	Was he going?
She was going	She was not going	Was she going?
It was going	It was not going	Was it going?
We were going	We were not going	Were we going?
You were going	You were not going	Were you going?
They were going	They were not going	Were they going?

Affirmative	subject + was/were + 1 > ing
I was going to New York -  Estaba (estuve) yendo a New York
You were going to New York -  Usted estaba (estuvo) yendo a New York
Negative	subject + was/were + not + 1 > ing
I was not going to New York -  No estaba (estuve) yendo a New YorkI wasn't going to New York -  No estaba (estuve) yendo a New York (contracción)
You were not going to New York -  Usted no estaba (estuvo) yendo a New YorkYou weren't going to New York -  Usted no estaba (estuvo) yendo a New York (contracción)
Interrogative	Was/Were + subject + 1 > ing ?
Was I going to New York ? -  ¿Estaba (estuve) yendo a New York ?
Were you going to New York ? -  ¿Estaba (estuvo) usted yendo a New York ?

Yo estaba trabajando en VodafoneI was working at VodafoneYo trabajaba en VodafoneI was working at VodafoneYo estaba caminando por la playaI was walking down the beachElla estaba mirando por la ventanaShe was looking out of the windowYo estaba pensando en tiI was thinking about youObama estaba hablandoObama was talking 

Teory

Past Continuous (TEORY)

The Past Continuous is a tense describes actions that were beingmade ​​in a time in the past referred to and then continued, for example:

Yesterday He Was studying English. Yesterday he was studyingEnglish.
(He began to study before that time and continued to study later)

John was playing tennis at 10 am John was playing tennis at 10 am
(Began playing tennis before 10 am and continued doing it later)

The Past Continuous is constructed with the auxiliary verb "to be" in its past form and the main verb in the infinitive with the completionING 

Use the past continuous
The past simple is used to:

Actions which started in the past and want to stress that had a certain duration
II was eating an apple, When I fell to the ground
I was eating an apple when I fell

In this prayer is described in the past continuous action of eating the apple was a certain duration but the fall was instant. 

The past continuous structure is:


Subject + be + verb past tense ending-ing (present participle) 

Conjugación	Significado
I was working	yo estaba trabajando
you were working	tú estabas trabajando
he was working	él estaba trabajando
we were working	nosotros estabamos trabajando
you were working	vosotros estabais trabajando
they were working	ellos estaban trabajando

In the past continuous denial is not simply added between the verband the verb to be:
structure:
Subject + verb to be + not + past tense verb in the present 

I was not singingyo no estaba cantando


he did not singingél no estaba cantando 

The question in the simple past
To construct the question simply invert the verb to be and the subject:
Structure of the question:

   past tense verb to be + subject + verb to be conjugated? 

Conjugación	Significado
was I singing?	¿estaba cantando?
were you singing?	¿estabas cantando?
was he singing?	¿estaba cantando?
were we singing?	¿estabamos cantando?
were you singing?	¿estabais cantando?
were they singing?	¿estaban cantando?

If the question had an interrogative particle structure would

+ Interrogative particle to be in the past + subject + verb conjugated

What was you singing?
What were you singing? 

La estructura básica del pasado continuo:

 La estructura básica del afirmativo del pasado continuo: (somebody=alguien; somewhere-algún sitio; something=algo)

	suj	aux	verbo
	I	was	eating	something.	Estaba comiendo algo.
	You	were	talking	to somebody.	Estabas hablando con alguien.
	He	was	listening	to something.	Estaba escuchando algo. (él)

  

La estructura básica del negativo del pasado continuo:

suj	aux		verbo
I	was	not	eating	something.	No estaba comiendo algo.
You	were	not	talking	to somebody.	No estabas hablando con alguien.
He	was	not	listening	to something.	No estaba escuchando algo. (él)

La estructura básica del interrogativo del pasado continuo: (anywhere = alguna o cualquier parte, anybody = cualquiera, alguien, anything = cualquier cosa, algo)

	aux	suj	verbo
	Was	I	eating	something?	¿Estaba comiendo algo?
	Were	you	talking	to somebody?	¿Estabas hablando con alguien?
	Was	he	listening	to something?	¿Estaba escuchando algo? (él)

 La estructura básica de las respuestas cortas del pasado continuo (e iguales que las del verbo "to be"):

	Af.					Neg.
	Yes,	I was.				No,	I wasn't.
	Yes,	you were.				No,	you weren't.
	Yes,	he was.				No,	he wasn't.

FORM

[was/were + present participle]

Use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer action in the past was interrupted. The interruption is usually a shorter action in the Simple Past. Remember this can be a real interruption or just an interruption in time.

Examples:

·       I was watching TV when she called.

·       When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.

·       While we were having the picnic, it started to rain.

When you use the Past Continuous with two actions in the same sentence, it expresses the idea that both actions were happening at the same time. The actions are parallel.

Examples:

·       I was studying while he was making dinner.

·       While Ellen was reading, Tim was watching television.

·       Were you listening while he was talking?

USE 4 Atmosphere

In English, we often use a series of parallel actions to describe the atmosphere at a particular time in the past.

Example:

·       When I walked into the office, several people were busily typing, some were talking on the phones, the boss was yelling directions, and customers were waiting to be helped. One customer was yelling at a secretary and waving his hands. Others were complaining to each other about the bad service.

USE 5 Repetition and Irritation with "Always"

The Past Continuous with words such as "always" or "constantly" expresses the idea that something irritating or shocking often happened in the past. The concept is very similar to the expression "used to" but with negative emotion. Remember to put the words "always" or "constantly" between "be" and "verb+ing."

Examples:

·       She was always coming to class late.

·       He was constantly talking. He annoyed everyone.

·       I didn't like them because they were always complaining.

Principal

EQUIPO 5

Alvarez Hernandez Zyanya  


Contreras Gomez Miguel Ángel


Castañeda Carmona Maria Fernanda

Cuellar Salazar Perla Carina

Gomez Vargas Itzel Malinalli 


Marquez Antonio Benda

Perez Duran Marlem Alejandra

Rodrigez Arrollo Maria Fernanda