When to use much and many
Third Bachillerato
THE PAST
CONTINUOUS WITH WHEN AND WHILE
STRUCTURE: Subject + WAS/WERE + Verb (continuous form -ing)
Examples:
The man was singing.
I was resting in the garden when it
started to rain.
We usually use the Past Continuous to talk about activities that
lasted for some time in the past. The actions can be interrupted by something
or can be happening at the same time.
USES
1. Duration in the past
2. Interrupted actions in progress
3. Actions in progress at the same time
USE 1:
Duration in the past
We use the Past Continuous to talk about actions or situations that
lasted for some time in the past, and whose duration time is unknown or
unimportant.
- I was watching TV yesterday in the evening.
- She was sleeping on the couch.
- The dog was barking.
USE 2: Interrupted actions in
progress
The Past Continuous is often used when one action in progress is interrupted
by another action in the past. The Past simple is used in such sentences. We
usually use when or while to link these two sentences.
1. When the phone rang, I was doing my homework.
I was doing my
homework when the phone rang.
2.While I was doing my homework, the phone rang.
The phone rang while I was doing my
homework.
USE 3:
Actions in progress at the same time
We also use this tense to talk about two or more activities happening at
the same. We usually use when or while to link the two sentences.
1.
I
was singing WHEN/WHILE She was cooking.
2.
WHEN/WHILE I was singing, she was cooking.
