Past Continuous AΟΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑΣ

Σχηματισμός : Past Simple “to be” VERB -ing +

I was You were He was She was It was We were You were They were Positive I was You were He was She was It was We were You were They were playing

Negative I wasn’t You weren’t He wasn’t She wasn’t It wasn’t We weren’t You weren’t They weren’t eating

Question Was I Were you Was he Was she Was it Were we Were you Were they sitting ?

Short answers Was she working? Yes, she was No, she wasn’t

Πότε χρησιμοποιείται ; Για μια πράξη που είχε διάρκεια σε μία συγκεκριμένη στιγμή στο παρελθόν. E.g. I was doing my homework at 8 o’clock yesterday. (έγραφα τα μαθήματά μου χτες στις 8)

Μπορεί την ίδια χρονική στιγμή, να συνέβαιναν δύο πράξεις ταυτόχρονα We were playing computer games while Mum was making dinner

Past Continuous & Past Simple

Some examples… Dad called us to have lunch while we were riding our bikes outside. Ο μπαμπάς μας φώναξε για να φάμε ενώ εμείς κάναμε ποδήλατο έξω.

Ποιές είναι οι 2 πράξεις ; Εμείς κάναμε ποδήλατο ( διάρκεια ) 2. Ο μπαμπάς μας φώναξε για το φαγητό. ( ξαφνική πράξη)

Άρα… 1.Η πράξη που είχε διάρκεια εκφράζεται με Past Continuous 2. H ξαφνική πράξη εκφράζεται με Past Simple

Time expressions while / when Remember… when + Past Simple while + Past Continuous

Όταν οι 2 χρόνοι συνδυάζονται στην ίδια πρόταση, τότε πρέπει να χρησιμοποιήσω while ή when Some examples…

The boy fell while he was running in the park = To αγόρι έπεσε καθώς έτρεχε στο πάρκο. Παρατηρώ τη χρήση του while με Past Continuous

The boy was running in the park when he fell. To ίδιο νόημα μπορεί να διατυπωθεί και με τη χρήση του when The boy was running in the park when he fell. Το αγόρι έτρεχε στο πάρκο όταν έπεσε. Παρατηρώ τη χρήση του when με Past Simple.

Exercise Past Simple or Past Continuous ?

It when I woke up yesterday morning. a. snowed b. was snowing

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I was watching television when my mum me to help her. a. was asking b. asked

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Was the baby crying when you home ? a. came b. were coming

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We a loud noise while we were eating supper. a. were hearing b. heard

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when I saw you Where yesterday ? a. were you going ? b. did you go ?

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What were you doing when it to snow ? a. was beginning b. began

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