sábado, 7 de diciembre de 2013

GRAMMAR. Past Progressive.

Form: was/were + main verb + ing
Use: We use the past progressive to talk about actions in progress at a certain time in the past.

**Example:
1.- I was running.
     I wasn´t running.
2.- He/she/it was running.
     He/she/it wasn´t  running.
3.- We/You/They  were running.
     We/You/They weren't running.

**Time expressions used with the past progressive.
While, When, as, all day/night/morning, yesterday etc.

**Spelling.
-Verb + -ing work - ing
-verb - e + ing  dance - dancing
-One syllable verbs ending in vowel + consonant --->  double consonant + ing  sit - sitting
-a stressed vowel  between two consonant  ---> double consonant + ing
begin - beginning BUT travel - traveling.

**Exercise.
1.- Fall ---> falling
2.- cry -----> crying
3.- Make ----> making
4.- Sit ----> sitting
5.- Help ------> helping
6.- Hear ------> hearing
7.- swim -----> swimming
8.- watch ----> watching
9.- visit ----> visiting

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