Past Continuous Flashcards

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1
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When do we use past continuous?

A

When talking about an unfinished (continuing) action in the past.

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How do we form past continuous normal?

A

Subject + pomocniczy + Infinitive + “ing”

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What is the auxiliary(pomocniczy) verb used in past continuous question and negative form?

What two forms of this verb do we use?

A

To be

Was/Were

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How do we form past continuous question form?

A

pomocniczy (was/were) + Subject + Infinitive + “ing”

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For which subjects do we use were and was?

A

was => I, he, she, it

were => you, we, they

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How do we form past continuous negative form?

A

Subject + pomocniczy + “not” + Infinitive + “ing”

pomocniczy = was not/ were not/ wasn’t/ weren’t

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which

A

ktorych/ktorego/ktorej

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On biegal,

My biegalismy,

A

Nor: He was running.
P: Was he running.?
N: He wasn’t running.

Nor: We were running.
P: Were we running?
N: We weren’t running.

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Ona byla,

Oni byli.

A

Nor: She was being.
P: Was she being?
N: She wasn’t being.

Nor: They were being.
P: Were they being?
N: They weren’t being.

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Ono gotowalo,

Ty gotowales.

A

Nor: It was cooking.
P: Was it cooking?
N: It wasn’t cooking.

Nor: You were cooking.
P: Were you cooking?
N: You weren’t cooking.

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Ja sprzedawalem,

Wy sprzedawaliscie.

A

Nor: I was selling.
P: Was I selling?
N: I wasn’t selling.

Nor: You were selling.
P: Were you saying?
N: You weren’t selling.

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Ja tworzylem

A

I was making/ Was I making/ I wasn’t making.

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