Skyrocket EnglishA2 · ponto 3
Ações em andamento no passado (was/were + -ing) e a diferença para o simple past.
O past continuous usa was / were + verbo com -ing. Ele mostra uma ação que estava acontecendo em um momento do passado.
| Frase | Exemplo | |
|---|---|---|
| Afirmativa | I / he / she / it + was + -ing | She was cooking. |
| you / we / they + were + -ing | They were playing. | |
| Negativa | wasn't / weren't + -ing | I wasn't sleeping. |
| Pergunta | Was / Were + sujeito + -ing? | Were you working? |
| Com WH | What were you doing? | What was he doing? |
1) Uma ação em andamento em um momento exato: “At eight o'clock I was studying.” 2) Duas ações ao mesmo tempo, com while: “I was cooking while he was watching TV.” 3) Uma ação longa interrompida por uma ação curta (no simple past), com when: “I was cooking when the phone rang.”
What were you doing at nine last night?
O que você estava fazendo às nove ontem à noite?
She was sleeping when I arrived.
Ela estava dormindo quando eu cheguei.
They weren't listening to the teacher.
Eles não estavam ouvindo o professor.
Atenção: A ação que interrompe fica no simple past (the phone rang); a que estava em andamento fica no past continuous (I was cooking). Verbos de estado como know, like e want normalmente não ficam no continuous.
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