Past Progressive

VIDEOGRAMMATICA INGLESE di Raffaele Nardella

PAST PROGRESSIVE

Questa Videogrammatica Inglese di Raffaele Nardella, docente di inglese presso il Liceo scientifico "Salvador Allende" di Milano, propone un'ampia gamma di argomenti grammaticali fondamentali della lingua inglese.

Questa unità presenta come argomento di studio il Past Progressive.

Il video fa da supporto alla spiegazione dell'argomento, fornendo spunti e suggerimenti; mentre gli audio consentono l'ascolto delle parole o frasi presenti nella pagina.

Al termine dell'unità è possibile svolgere 5 esercizi interattivi con feedback immediato, le cui tipologie spaziano dal riempimento degli spazi vuoti all'abbinamento, dalla risposta breve alla scelta multipla, dal riordino della frase al cruciverba

Past Progressive/Continuous

PAST SIMPLE TO BE + forma -ING del verbo

Forma affermativa

SOGGETTO + PAST SIMPLE TO BE + forma -ING + COMPLEMENTI
TO DRINK	File Audio
I was drinking	I was drinking a glass of water. = Stavo bevendo (Bevevo) un bicchiere d'acqua.
you were drinking	You were drinking a glass of water. = Stavi bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua
he was drinking	Ron was drinking a glass of water. = Ron stava bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua
she was drinking	Susan was drinking a glass of water. = Susan stava bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua
it was drinking	My dog was drinking. = Il mio cane stava bevendo
we were drinking	We were drinking a bottle of water. = Stavamo bevendo una bottiglia d'acqua
you were drinking	You were drinking a bottle of water. = Stavate bevendo una bottiglia d'acqua
they were drinking	Ron and Susan were drinking a bottle of water. = Ron e Susan stavano bevendo una bottiglia d'acqua

Forma negativa

SOGGETTO + PAST SIMPLE TO BE + NOT + forma -ING + COMPLEMENTI
TO DRINK	File Audio
I was not drinking I wasn't drinking	I wasn't drinking your glass of water. = Non stavo bevendo (Non bevevo) il tuo bicchiere d'acqua
you were not drinking you weren't drinking	You weren't drinking a glass of water. = Non stavi bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua
he was not drinking he wasn't drinking	Ron wasn't drinking a glass of water. = Ron non stava bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua
she was not drinking she wasn't drinking	Susan wasn't drinking a glass of water. = Susan non stava bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua
it was not drinking it wasn't drinking	My dog wasn't drinking. = Il mio cane non stava bevendo
we were not drinking we weren't drinking	We weren't drinking your bottle of water. = Non stavamo bevendo la tua bottiglia d'acqua
you were not drinking you weren't drinking	You weren't drinking a bottle of water. = Non stavate bevendo una bottiglia d'acqua
they were not drinking they weren't drinking	Ron and Susan weren't drinking a bottle of water. = Ron e Susan non stavano bevendo una bottiglia d'acqua

Forma interrogativa

PAST SIMPLE TO BE + SOGGETTO + forma -ING + COMPLEMENTI
TO DRINK	File Audio
Was I drinking	Was I drinking too much? = Stavo bevendo (Bevevo) troppo?
Were you drinking	Were you drinking my glass of water? = Stavi bevendo il mio bicchiere d'acqua?
Was he drinking	Was Ron drinking a glass of water? = Ron stava bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua?
Was she drinking	Was Susan drinking a glass of water? = Susan stava bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua?
Was it drinking	Was my dog drinking? = Il mio cane stava bevendo?
Were we drinking	Were we drinking too much? = Stavamo bevendo troppo?
Were you drinking	Were you drinking my bottle of water? = Stavate bevendo la mia bottiglia d'acqua?
Were they drinking	Were Ron and Susan drinking a bottle of water? = Ron e Susan stavano bevendo una bottiglia d'acqua?

Forma interrogativa-negativa

PAST SIMPLE TO BE + NOT + SOGGETTO + forma -ING + COMPLEMENTI
TO DRINK	File Audio
Wasn't I drinking	Wasn't I drinking too much? = Non stavo bevendo (Non bevevo) troppo?
Weren't you drinking	Weren't you drinking my glass of water? = Non stavi bevendo il mio bicchiere d'acqua?
Wasn't he drinking	Wasn't Ron drinking a glass of water? = Ron non stava bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua?
Wasn't she drinking	Wasn't Susan drinking a glass of water? = Susan non stava bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua?
Wasn't it drinking	Wasn't my dog drinking? = Il mio cane non stava bevendo?
Weren't we drinking	Weren't we drinking too much? = Non stavamo bevendo troppo?
Weren't you drinking	Weren't you drinking my bottle of water? = Non stavate bevendo la mia bottiglia d'acqua?
Weren't they drinking	Weren't Ron and Susan drinking a bottle of water? = Ron e Susan stavano bevendo una bottiglia d'acqua?

Short Answers (Risposte brevi)

Were you drinking a glass of water? Yes, I was/No, I wasn't = Stavi bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua? Sì/No

Was Ron drinking a glass of water? Yes, he was/No, he wasn't = Ron stava bevendo un bicchiere d'acqua? Sì/No

Uso del Past Progressive

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Azioni che erano già in fase di svolgimento quando se ne verifica un'altra, resa con il Past Simple

Es: She was playing tennis, when she saw Mike = Stava giocando a tennis quando vide Mike

While she was watching TV, her mother called her = Mentre stava guardando la televisione, sua madre la chiamò
Azioni che accadono contemporaneamente

Es: While Brad was reading the newspaper, his wife was talking on the phone = Mentre Brad stava leggendo (leggeva) il giornale, sua moglie stava parlando (parlava) al telefono
Azioni avvenute in un periodo determinato

Es: In 1981 I was working in an Italian restaurant in London = Nel 1981 lavoravo in un ristorante italiano a Londra

Laboratorio interattivo

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Esercizio 4
Esercizio 5

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