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LESSON 4 – PAST CONTINUOUS

(LIÇÃO 4 – PASSADOCONTINUO) Usa-se o Past Continuous ou Passado Contínuo para expressar

a) ações que estavam acontecendo em um de-terminado momento do passado.

Ex: They were studying five minutes ago. (Eles estavam estudando cinco minutos atrás).

b) uma ação que estava acontecendo quando uma outra ação ocorreu. Neste caso, usa-se WHEN (quando) para relacionar as duas ações.

Ex: He was having dinner when the phone rang. (Ele estava jantando quando o telefone tocou).

c) duas ações que estavam acontecendo no mesmo momento do passado. Neste caso, usa-se WHILE (enquanto) para relacionar as duas ações.

Ex: She was cleaning the house while he was washing the dishes. (Ela estava limpando a casa en-quanto ele estava lavando a louça). Forma Afirmativa

O Past Continuous ou Passado Contínuo é formado pelo passado simples do verbo to be (was / were) e pelo verbo principal no gerúndio, ou seja, com a terminação ING. Se houver dúvidas em rela-ção à formação do gerúndio em inglês, volte à lição sobre o Present Continuos no item Formação do

Gerúndio. Observe a conjugação de dois verbos no Passado Contínuo na tabela abaixo:

to work = trabalhar to stop = parar

Conjugação Conjugação

I was working I was stopping You were working You were stopping He was working He was stopping She was working She was stopping It was working It was stopping We were working We were stopping You were working You were stopping They were working They were stopping

Forma Negativa Para se formar frases negativas no Past Con-

tinuous basta acrescentar a partícula de negação not depois do verbo to be (was / were). A forma contraí-da do verbo to be com a partícula de negação é pos-sível também no Past Continuous. Observe a tabela abaixo, com a conjugação de dois verbos.

to work = trabalhar to stop = parar

Forma Negativa Forma Contraída Forma Negativa Forma Contraída

I was not working I wasn’t working I was not stopping I wasn’t stopping You were not working You weren’t working You were not stopping You weren’t stopping He was not working He wasn’t working He was not stopping He wasn’t stopping She was not working She wasn’t working She was not stopping She wasn’t stopping It was not working It wasn’t working It was not stopping It wasn’t stopping We were not working We weren’t working We were not stopping We weren’t stopping You were not working You weren’t working You were not stopping You weren’t stopping They were not working They weren’t working They were not stopping They weren’t stopping

Forma Interrogativa

Para formar frases interrogativas, deve-se in-verter a posição do pronome (sujeito) com o verbo to be e incluir o ponto de interrogação no final da frase. Observe a conjugação de dois verbos na forma inter-rogativa na tabela ao lado.

to work = trabalhar to stop = parar Was I working ? Was I stopping ? Were you working ? Were you stopping ? Was he working ? Was he stopping ? Was she working ? Was she stopping? Was it working ? Was it stopping ? Were we working ? Were we stopping ? Were you working ? Were you stopping ? Were they working ? Were they stopping ?

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Short Answer (Respostas curtas)

to work = trabalhar

Short Answer –

Sim

Short Answer –

Não Was I working? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.

Were you working? Yes, you were.

No, you weren’t.

Was he working? Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t.

Was she working? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.

Was it working? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t. Were we working? Yes, we were. No, we

weren’t. Were you working? Yes, you

were. No, you weren’t.

Were they working? Yes, they were.

No, they weren’t.

to stop = parar Short

Answer – Sim

Short Answer –

Não Was I stopping? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.

Were you stopping? Yes, you were.

No, you weren’t.

Was he stopping? Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t.

Was she stopping? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.

Was it stopping? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t. Were we stopping? Yes, we were. No, we

weren’t. Were you stopping? Yes, you

were. No, you weren’t.

Were they stopping? Yes, they were.

No, they weren’t.

ESTUDO DIRIGIDO

1 Quando é usado o Past Continuous em inglês?

2 Como é formado o modo forma afirmativo do Past Continuous em inglês?

3 Como é formado o negativo e o interrogativo do Past Continuous?

EXERCÍCIOS RESOLVIDOS

1 Complete as frases abaixo, com o Past Continu-ous e depois marque a alternativa com a seqüên-cia correta dos verbos. I – The baby _________ (to cry) 10 minutes ago. II – Alan ______ (to smoke) his pipe in his room. III – Tom and Ted ____ (to look) at the car in the

garage. a) was crying – was smoking – were looking. b) was crying – was smoking – was looking. c) were crying – were smoking – were looking. d) were crying – were smoking – was looking.

Resolução: O Past Continuous é formado pe-lo passado do verbo to be (was / were) e pelo gerún-dio (ING) do verbo principal. Assim, como o sujeito da primeira frase é The baby (a criança) usa-se o ver-bo to be was e o gerúndio de to cry que é crying. O sujeito da segunda frase é Alan (ele), então usa-se o verbo to be was e o gerúndio de to smoke que é smoking. E o sujeito da última frase é Tom and Ted (eles), então usa-se o verbo to be were e o gerúndio do verbo to look que é looking. Assim, a resposta correta é a letra a.

2 Marque a alternativa cuja frase não esteja na forma correta do Past Continuous. a) He was read a comic book. b) The boys playing chess. c) We were at school. d) I was studying for the test.

Resolução: Para uma frase estar no Past Continuous ela necessita de dois verbos: o verbo to be no passado (was / were) e o verbo principal no gerúndio (ING). A primeira frase possui dois ver-bos, porém o segundo verbo, read, deveria estar na forma do gerúndio: reading. A segunda frase só a-presenta o verbo no gerúndio (playing) faltando an-tes dele o verbo to be were. A terceira frase só apresenta o verbo to be no passado (were). E a quarta frase possui dois verbos: was (verbo to be no passa-do) e studying (gerúndio do verbo to study). Então a resposta correta é a letra d.

EXERCÍCIOS

1 Qual é a alternativa que completa corretamente a frase “My father _______________ on the sofa”? a) was sleeping. b) were sleeping. c) were sleep. d) was sleep.

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2 Marque a alternativa que complete corretamente a frase “________ the boys ____________ TV an hour ago? a) Was – watch. b) Were – watch. c) Was – watching. d) Were – watching.

3 Qual é a alternativa que completa corretamente a frase “She _________________ a shower when her cell phone ______________”? a) was having – ringing. b) was having – rang. c) were having – rang. d) were having – ringing.

4 Qual é a alternativa que completa corretamente a frase “While the teacher __________ the subject, the students __________________”? a) were explain – was talk. b) was explain – were talk. c) was explaining – were talking. d) were explaining – was talking.

5 Qual é a forma negativa da frase “It was raining outside”? a) It not was raining outside. b) It was not raining outside. c) It not wasn’t raining outside. d) Not it was raining outside.

6 Qual é a forma interrogaiva frase “The children were looking for the cat”? a) Were the children looking for the cat? b) The were children looking for the cat? c) The children were looking for the cat? d) Looking the children were for the cat?

GABARITO

Estudo dirigido

1 O Past Continuous é usado para expressar ações que estavam acontecendo em um determinado momento do passado, para expressar uma ação que estava acontecendo quando uma outra ação ocorreu e para expressar duas ações que estavam acontecendo no mesmo momento do passado.

2 O Past Continuous é formado pelo passado sim-ples do verbo to be (was / were) e pelo verbo principal no gerúndio, ou seja, com a terminação

ING. Exemplo: I was doing my homework (Eu estava fazendo meu dever de casa).

3 Para se formar frases negativas no Past Continu-ous, basta acrescentar a partícula de negação not depois do verbo to be (was / were). Exemplo: I was not doing my homework (Eu não estava fa-zendo meu dever de casa). E para formar frases interrogativas deve-se inverter a posição do pro-nome (sujeito) com o verbo to be e incluir o pon-to de interrogação no final da frase. Exemplo: Were you doing your homework? (Você estava fazendo seu dever de casa?).

Exercícios

1 A

2 D

3 B

4 C

5 B

6 A

CURIOSITY (CURIOSIDADE)

SANTA CLAUS = Papai Noel Santa Claus brings presents for children at

Christmas.

O Papai Noel traz presentes para as crianças no Natal.

Santa Claus, ou simplesmente Santa, é um

outro nome em inglês para Father Christmas, “Papai Noel”. É uma corruptela americana do nome que vem de um dialeto holandês – Santa Klaas, que significa St. Nicholas, “São Nicolau”, padroeiro das crianças holandesas.