How to use the past progressive?

Hi ,my friend!

Hello , dear teacher!

Nice pictures!

Yes, I was taking some

photos and learning at the same

time

What were you doing last weekend?

I was visiting the Botanic Garden!

… and appreciating a wonderful place here in

Medellín.

Oh, in the same place where we were recycling the

previous month?

Yes , teacher, that was awesome!

Many people were also enjoying this

natural environment

Nice pictures!Butterflies, cats

and iguanas were beautifying the

garden.

At this time last Sunday, I was admiring

the nature and its animals.

I wasn’t enjoying such a wonderful

place, I was traveling instead

In that environment I was breathing fresh air

. . .I was traveling by plane while you were

sharing with your family.

This is how we can use the past progressive Yes, to describe

what we were doing recently.

We just need to use the verb to be (WAS/WERE) and the main verb + ING

Frank was taking some photos to prepare this

presentation, for example

We can use the past progressive to describe

what was happening at a specific time

But also to describe an action interrupted

by other The butterfly

was flying when I

took this photo

Or when two actions were happening at

the same time

Subject

To Be (Was - Were)

Verb + ing

I was reading about

butterflies while my parents

were buying some tickets

What was your dad doing while you were taking photos?

He was visiting the birds museum

Were your parents visiting another place there??

No, they weren’t. They were learning, enjoying and resting at the

birds and plants museum.

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Thanks a lot!

Diego Piedrahíta(Teacher) Frank Cano

(Student)

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