Grammar Today is Goal Be able to talk

Grammar Today is…. . Goal: Be able to talk about actions that happened in the past using the past progressive. Past Progressive: • We use this tense for a temporary activity in the past, which started in the past and the activity hasn’t finished it actually continues. • We also use this tense for a temporary activity in the past, , but is interrupted by a short action which usually is expressed by the simple past. RULE Pronoun / Noun + was/ were + verb +”ing”

Rules 1. When a verb end in an “e” , drop the “e” and then add “ing”. 2. When a verb has one syllable and ends in a consonant, vowel, consonant , double the last consonant and then add “ing”. 3. When a verb has one syllable and ends in “w” “y” simply add “ing”. 4. When the verb has two syllables simply add “ing”, even if it end in “CVC”.

Charts + Subject was / were + “ ing” form I was reading You were dancing He/She/It was writing We were playing They were running + Subject was / were + “ ing” form I wasn’t reading You weren’t dancing He/She/It wasn’t writing We weren’t playing They weren’t running

Charts Was / Were + Subject + “ ing” form Was I reading? Were You dancing? Was he/she/it writing? Were We playing ? Were they running ?