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patrn CAROLINA ALVARADO ESTRELLA ELIZABETH CANO AGUILAR CARLOS GARCA JIMENEZ
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USE: The Past Continuous is often used when one action in progress is interrupted by another action in the past. We usually usewhenorwhileto link these two sentences.
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STRUCTURE:
Sentence in Past Continuous Sentence inPAST SIMPLE

I was singing SUBJECT VERB TO came home VERB+ING BE

IN PAST

WHEN

my wife
VERB IN PAST

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WHEN/WHILE SENTENCE IN PAST SENTENCE IN PAST CONTINUOUS SIMPLE my wife I was came home singing
SUBJECT VERB TO VERB+ING BE IN PAST VERB IN PAST

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Example s: Iwas talkingwith James when the

telephone rang. While Angelicawas playingtennis, the plane crashed .

When Bobwas paintingwindows, it started raining.

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"event 1". You can see that the man is jogging. This is acontinuous action.

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Suddenly, another man stops him and asks what time it is. This is "event 2

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1:While we______(BE SIT) at the breakfast table, the telephone____(RING) While we were sitting at the beakfast table, 2:When I phoned my the telephone rang friends, they(PLAY)__________monopoly When I phoned my friends, theywere playing monopoly
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EXERCISE S

3:She_________(BE SLEEP)on the couch when he_____(CALL) She was sleeping on the couch when he called 4: Iwas________(WATCH)TV when my mom_______(talk)me

I was watching TV when my mom talked me

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