Question

Como eu devo preencher isto?

Write the verbs in parentheses in the past continuous.
a) When you phoned, I _____________ (have) dinner.
b) They _____________ (work) in California when their father died.

Answer 1

Resposta:

a) When you phoned, I was having dinner.

b) They were working in California when their father died.

Explicação:

Past continuous:

Usamos o passado do verbo to be + verb com ing.

TO BE no presente:

I am

You are

She/He/It is

We are

They are

No passado, o TO BE fica assim:

AM, IS = WAS

ARE = WERE

Então:

I was

She/He/It was

You were

We were

They were

Como expliquei no início, usamos passado to be + verbo com ing.

Verbos com ing: verbo + ing

                          study + ing = studying

                           

Os verbos com ing ficam no gerúndio, ou seja, em andamento. Estudando, andando, lendo, indo...

PAST CONTINOUS:

Eu estava estudando.

I   WAS        STUDYING.

 passado      verbo study

    to be            + ing