Structure - Estructura
| The structure of a simple sentence in past progressive tense is the following: | La estructura de una sencilla oración en tiempo pasado progresivo es la siguiente: |
| noun/pronoun + was/were + verb in progressive form. "was y were son complementos" |
| Examples: | Ejemplos: |
| I was walking. |
| You were eating. |
| She was thinking. |
| We were planning. |
| It was snowing. |
| The Moon was lighting. |
Uses - Usos
Present Progressive: The action was in progress when another action occurred.
| Past progressive tense is usually used to communicate that an activity was going on when another action occurred. Example: | El tiempo pasado progresivo es comúnmente usado para comunicar que una actividad estaba sucediendo cuando otra acción ocurrió. Ejemplo: |
| When I was walking home, I saw my old friend John. |
| I saw my old friend John is the part in simple past tense, and when I was walking home is te part in past progressive tense. Another example is | I saw my old friend es una parte en tiempo pasado simple, y when I was walking home es una parte dependiente en tiempo pasado progresivo. Otro ejemplo es |
| Because it was raining, we could not go outside. |
| A sentence including a part in past progressive tense may also expresses that an activity was in progress at some point in the past. Example: | Una oración que incluya una parte en tiempo pasado progresivo puede expresar también que una actividad estaba sucediendo en cierto momento en el pasado. Ejemplo: |
| Last day at midnight, we were watching movies. |
| A sentence may, of course, include two parts in past progressive tense when it is intended to express that two activities were in progress simultaneously. Example: | Una oración puede, por supuesto, incluir dos partes en pasado progresivo cuando se pretende expresar que dos actividades estaban llevándose a cabo simultáneamente. Ejemplos: |
| While I was working, you were resting worriless. |