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Use the past progressive in the following contexts.

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Use the past progressive in the following contexts.

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1. Action before & after a specific time
Example:
Yesterday at noon. I was eating lunch.
-Last Saturday I was watching TV.

2.Interrupted action in the past
Example:
We were watching a movie when she called.
-I was in the park when he arrived

3. To start a story/create an atmosphere
Example:
The sun was shining and the birds were singing...
-The wind was blowing and the rain was falling.

4. Parallel actions
Example:
I was reading while my brother was playing guitar.
I was listening to music, while my mom was driving.

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EX. The students was very quiet.
The students were very quiet.

1. The weather was cold, and the animals were hide.
1. The weather was cold, and the animals were hiding

2. I slept when the doorbell rang.
2. I was sleeping when the doorbell rang.

3. We pass the turn two minutes ago.
3. We passed the turn two minutes ago.

4. Where bought you those earrings?
4. Where did you buy those earrings?

5. When the fire alarm went off, we were leaving the building quickly.
5. When the fire alarm went off, we left the building quickly.

6. They tried to stay quiet because the baby sleeping.
6. They tried to stay quiet because the baby  was sleeping.

7. You came no t to practice yesterday.
7. You didn't come to practice yesterday.

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EXAMPLE:
What were you doing when I called this morning?
I was trying to wake up when you called.
-I was in class when you called.

1. What were you doing when the phone rang last night?
- I was watching Netflix, when the phone rang.

2. What were your friends doing at 6 p.m yesterday evening?
My friends were doing homework at 6 p.m yesterday evening.

3. What were you doing last weekend?
- Last weekend I was at my grandparents' house

4. What was the teacher doing when you first saw her today?
-The teacher was smiling when I first saw her today.

PRACTICE 2: FORM SENTENCES WITH WHILE. USE THE PAST PREGRESSIVE. 14/05/21

Example: read/steal
While the man was reading, the prisioner was stealing his wallet.

1.- Talk/drink
They are talking while he is drinking water.

2.-Play/watch
Mateo is playing soccer while Ana is watching TV.

3.- Not look/ burn
While she isn't looking, the toaster is burning.

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Student ‘A’ Discuss the questions below with your partner.

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Student ‘A’ Discuss the questions below with your partner.

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JESÚS ANDRES CRUZ VAZQUEZ

1. What were you doing 10 minutes ago?
2. What were you doing at seven o’clock this morning?
3. Were you watching TV at ten o’clock last night?
4. What were you thinking about a few minutes ago?
5. What was our teacher saying a few minutes ago?
6. What were you doing yesterday afternoon at three o’clock?
7. Was it raining two hours ago?
8. Were we studying English two hours ago? If ‘no’, what were we doing?
9. What were you doing at noon yesterday?
10. What were we talking about one minute ago?

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1.-While Alex was eating, the phone rang.
2.-While they were playing football, it began to rain.
3.-The sun was shining when he got up.
4.-Jack was walking down the street when he saw an accident. He called the police.
5.- While they were watching TV, a burglar come into the room and stole their money.

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USES

1.- For a completed action in a time before now
Example:
-I met my husband in 1993.
-I traveled to Monterrey last month.

2.- For events that were true for some time in the past
-They lived in Russia for three years.
-Maria worked in a company in 1990.

3.- For a list of completed actions in the past
-Ryan come in, took off his coat and sat down.
-He went to the beach put on sunscreen and made a sand castle.

4.- For habits in the past
-When I was a child, I played the piano.
-I woke up late every day in primary school.

5.- To talk about an action in the past that takes place in the middle of another action
-When she arrived, I was warching TV.
-When I went to the park, he was playing.

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A) He / phone / a friend / an hour ago
1.-He phoned a friend an hour ago.
2.-He didn't phone a friend an hour ago.
3.-Did he phone a friend an hour ago?
B) My father / buy / a jeep / last week
1.-My father bought a jeep last week.
2.-My father didn't buy a jeep last week.
3.-Did my father buy a jeep last week?
C) The girls / wear / skirts / to the party
1.-The girls wore skirts to the party.
2.-The girls didn't wear skirts to the party.
3.-Did the girls wear skirts to the party?
D) I / wash / my hair / last night
1.-I washed my hair last night.
2.-I didn't wash my hair last night.
3.-Did I wash my hair last night?
E) Jane / send / four e-mails / to Lisa
1.-Jane sent four e-mails to Lisa.
2.-Jane didn't send four e-mails to Lisa.
3.-Did Jane send four e-mails to Lisa?
F) The old lady / carry / heavy bags /
yesterday morning
1.-The old lady carried heavy bags yesterday morning.
2.-The old lady didn't carry heavy bag yesterday morning.
3.-Did the old lady carry heavy bags yesterday morning?
G) The film / end / very late / last weekend
1.-The film ended very late last weekend.
2.-The film didn't end very late last weekend.
3.-Did the film end very late last weekend?
H) They / go / to bed / at midnight
1.-They went to bed at midnight.
2.-They didn't go to bed at midnight.
3.-Did they go to bed at midnight?
I) The children / play / tennis and basketball /
at the sports centre
1.-The children played tennis and basketball at the sports centre.
2.-The children didn't play tennis and basketball at the sports centre.
3.-Did the children play tennis and basketball at the sports centre?
J) You / do / your homework / last weekend.
1-You did your homework last weekend.
2-You didn't your homework last weekend.
3- Did you do your homework last weekend?
K) My friend / study / German / last year.
1-My friend studied German last year.
2-My friend didn't study German last year.
3-Did my friend study German last year?
L) I / get up / at seven / last Sunday morning
1- I got up at seven last Sunday morning.
2- I didn't get up at seven last Sunday morning.
3- Did I get up at seven last Sunday morning?
M) We / visit / our friends / yesterday evening
1- We visited our friends yesterday morning.
2-We didn't visit our friends yesterday morning.
3- Did we visit our friends yesterday morning?
N) She / have lunch / in an Italian restaurant
1-She had lunch in an Italian restaurant.
2- She didn't has lunch in an italian restaurant.
3- Did she has lunch in an Italian restaurant?
O) They / watch / TV / in the living room
1- They watched TV in the living room.
2-They didn't watch TV in the living room.
3- Did they watch TV in the living room?
P) He / drink / orange juice / for breakfast
1- He drank orange juice for breakfast.
2- He didn't drink orange juice for breakfast.
3- Did he drink orange juice for breakfast?

WRITE WH- QUESTIONS FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS IN THE PREVIOUS SENTENCES

A) Who did he phone an hour ago? A friend
B) What did he buy last week? A jeep
C) Where did the girls go? To the party
D) When did you wash your hair? Last night
E) How many emails did Jane send to Lisa? Four e-mails
F) What did the old lady carry yesterday morning? Heavy bags
G) When did the film end last week? Very late
H) Where did they go at the midnight? To bed
I) Where did the children play tennis and basketball? At the sports centre.
J) When did you do you homework? Last weekend.
K) What did my friend study last year? German
L) What time did i get up last Sunday morning?  At seven
M) When did we visit our friends? Yesterday evening
N) Where did she has luch?
In an Italian restaurant
O) What did they watch in the living room? TV
P) What did he drink for breakfast? Orange juice

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-MEANING

This idiom is used as a way of asking someone what they are thinking about.

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Un centavo por tus pensamientos

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

¿En qué tanto piensas?

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-MEANING

To make a bad situation even worse.

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Añade insulto a la herida

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Echarle sal a la herida

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-MEANING

When something happens very rarely.

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Una vez en una luna azul

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Allá a las quinientas/ Una vez cada 100 años

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-MEANING

Idiom is used to say that two (or more people) agree on something

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Ver a los ojos

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Jalo/ confirmo

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-MEANING

This mean ‘to hear a rumor’ about something or someone.

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Escuchalo en la viña

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Me lo dijo un pajarito

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-MEANING

This idiom is used to say that someone missed his or her chance at something.

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Perder el bote.

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Se te cebó/ Se te fue el barco/ Se te fue el tren.

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-MEANING

To rain very heavily.

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Está lloviendo perros y gatos.

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Esta lloviendo a cantaros.

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-MEANING

To ask someone to leave immediately

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Enviar a alguien a empacar

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Ahuecando el ala

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-MEANING

A person who is or prefers to be up and about late at night

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Un búho de la noche.

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Pareces murciélago.

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-MEANING

To hide so you will not be caught by someone

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Miente poco

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Esconderse para no ser atrapado

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-MEANING

Very slowly

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

A ritmo de caracol

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

A paso de tortuga

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-MEANING

To make a start/ To relax a tense or unduly formal atmosphere or social situation

-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Romper el hielo

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Romper el hielo

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-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Esqueletos en tu armario

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Aquí huele a gato encerrado

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-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Tan fresca como una margarita

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Fresco como una lechuga

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-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Sacude una pierna

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Métele nitro/ Apúrale

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-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Sosten tus caballos

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Relájate/ Estate quieto

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-LITERAL TRANSLATION

En la nube nueve

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

¡Estoy muy feliz!, En al novena nube

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-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Una gota en la cubeta

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Eso es solo una pequeña parte del todo

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-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Un leopardo no puede cambiar sus manchas

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Árbol que nace torcido jamás su tronco endereza./Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona queda.

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-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Una imagen pinta más que mil palabras

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Una imagen vale mas que mil palabras.

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-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Tienes hormigas en tus pantalones

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Traes chincuales.

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-LITERAL TRANSLATION

Una rebanada de pastel

-FRASE EQUIVALENTE EN ESPAÑOL

Es pan comido.