Question

leia o texto e responda a perguta: Peter was at home yesterday. He was helping his mother in the morning. Then he was playing with some friends in the street. In the afternoon he was writing a long letter to a friend. And in the evening he was listening to some CDs.
Choose the correct alternative in the Past Continuous Tense: a) He played soccer with his friends last week. b) He plays with some friends every day. c) He is playing with some friends in the street. d) He was playing with some friends in the street.

Answer 1

Answer:

D - He was playing with some friends in the street.

Why:

We use the Past Continuous mainly to say about something that was happening in the past. We'll see that the actions can be happening at the same time or it can be interrupted by something.

Tradução (Explicação):

Usamos o Passado Contínuo principalmente para falar sobre algo que estava acontecendo no passado. Veremos que pode tratar-se de acções que ocorreram ao mesmo tempo ou acções que foram interrompidas por algo.

The form of the Past Continuous: / A forma do Passado Contínuo:

Subject + Past of the verb to be (was/were) + present participle (base+ing)

Indentifiying:

He (Subject) was (past of the verb to be) playing (present participle) with some friends in the street.