PAST PROGRESSIVE

PAST PROGRESSIVE

The progressive past (progressive past) is a very common verb tense in English. You should know and be able to use it correctly.

How do we use this verb tense?

Past Progressive (progressive past) is a verb form that shows that the action was in

progress at a given time or in a given period in the past.

Example: 

·       Yesterday at 7 o'clock Judi was washing the dishes.
(Ayer a las 7 horas Judi estaba lavando los platos.)

·       Judi was washing the dishes the entire evening.
(Judi estaba lavando los platos toda la tarde.)

·         He was sleeping all night long. 
(Estaba durmiendo toda la noche.)

·         I wasn't resting, I was working!













(No estaba descansando, ¡estaba trabajando!)