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CORSO UPPER INTERMEDIATE
di Antonio Portaluri e
Raffaele Nardella |
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GRAMMATICA
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Indice del Corso |
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Il Past Continuous Tense, chiamato anche Past
Progressive Tense, si usa comunemente in inglese per un'azione in corso in un particolare momento del
passato ma non ancora conclusa.
Questo tempo si forma usando il verbo TO
BE al passato
e la forma -ing del verbo.
| SOGGETTO |
BE |
FORMA -ING |
| I |
was |
walking |
| You |
were |
walking |
| He |
was |
walking |
| She |
was |
walking |
| It |
was |
walking |
| We |
were |
walking |
| You |
were |
walking |
| They |
were |
walking |
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Il Past Continuous Tense si usa per descrivere un'azione
progressiva nel passato spesso con un'altra azione al Simple Past.
She was cooking when the phone
rang.
(Stava
cucinando quando è squillato il telefono.)
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7.00
She was cooking
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The phone rang
8.00
She was cooking
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9.00
She was cooking
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Infine possiamo usare questo tempo per descrivere due azioni
progressive nel passato. In questo
caso usiamo il Past Continuous per entrambe le azioni:
While I was watching TV, Diana was
relaxing on the sofa.
8.00
I was watching TV
Diana was relaxing |
9.00
I was watching TV
Diana was
relaxing
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10.00
I was watching TV
Diana was
relaxing |
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