L'argomento grammaticale affrontato in questa pagina riguarda il
Past Progressive o Continuous dei verbi:
- la forma affermativa
- la forma negativa
- la forma interrogativa
- la forma interrogativa-negativa
- le risposte brevi
- l'uso
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SOGGETTO +
PAST SIMPLE TO BE +forma
-ING del verbo
TO DRINK
Esempio
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 del verbo
TO DRINK
Esempio
I was not drinking
I wasn't drinking
I wasn't drinking a glass
of water.=
Non stavo bevendo (Non bevevo) un 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 a bottle of water.=
Non stavamo bevendo una 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 del verbo
TO DRINK
Esempio
Was I drinking
Was I drinking
too much?=
Stavo bevendo (Bevevo) troppo?
Were you
drinking
Were you drinking
a glass
of water?=
Stavi bevendo un 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
water?=
Stavamo bevendo troppa acqua?
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 del verbo
TO DRINK
Esempio
Wasn't I drinking
Wasn't I drinking
too much?=
Non stavo bevendo (Non bevevo) troppao?
Weren't you drinking
Weren't you drinking
a glass
of water?=
Non stavi bevendo un 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 non 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
Azioni
nel passato 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 nel passato
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 di tempo
Es: In 1981 I was
working in an Italian restaurant in London ->
Nel 1981 lavoravo
in un ristorante italiano a Londra
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