Qena Educational Qena Educational AdministrationAdministration

Qena Directorate Qena Directorate El-Edeseyya elementary school El-Edeseyya elementary school

(prep.)(prep.)

Qena Educational Qena EducationalAdministrationAdministration

Qena Directorate Qena Directorate El-Edeseyya elementary school El-Edeseyya elementary school

(.prep)(.prep)

Produced byProduced by-:-:

Mr. / Ahmed Abdelraheem Mr. / Ahmed Abdelraheem HassanHassan

How can you describe a scene in the past?

Format

Subject + ( was / were ) + v-ing

Using-:

It is used to express a verb that was continuous in the past.

فعل عن المستمر الماضي يعبرفي معينة لفترة مستمرا, كان

. الماضي في معين وقت

Examples-:

Ahmed was listening to music. He was reading the newspaper. Grandmother was drinking tea. Salma was playing a game. I was looking at the computer. We were watching the accident.

While = As

While Past continuous Past simple

Past simpleWhile

Past continuous

When

When Past simple Past continuous

Past continuous When Past simple

*While / As we werewere havinghaving dinner yesterday, we heardheard a knock at the door.

=We heardheard a knock at the door while / as wewe werewere having dinner yesterday .

*When Ahmed arrivedarrived, I waswas readingreading a letter.

=I waswas readingreading a letter when Ahmed arrivedarrived.

What did she do?When they e-mailed, Soha was eating

an ice cream.A helicopter was flying in the sky.When the policeman arrived, the man

was riding a horse.Soha was eating an orange.

prizeprize

send send

surprisedsurprised

winwin

covercover

holdhold

babybaby

fall offfall off

helicopterhelicopter

swerve swerve

whilewhile

banana peelbanana peel

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