PRETERITE BE+ ING |
Ne
pas oublier Be!!!
POSITIF |
INTERROGATIF |
NÉGATIF |
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I |
was |
working |
was |
I |
working |
I |
was not wasn’t |
working |
He |
he |
He |
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She |
she |
She |
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It |
it |
It |
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We |
were |
were |
we |
We |
were not weren’t |
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You |
you |
You |
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They |
they |
They |
EMPLOIS :
Action en cours dans le passé |
Yesterday evening they were jogging in the
schoolyard |
Actions en opposition avec le preterite simple : une action qui a une certaine durée par rapport à un fait nouveau qui se produit |
I was cooking
paella when the telephone rang! |
Pour décrire les circonstances des évènements d’une histoire |
He was painting the bedroom
when suddenly he fell off the ladder
|
Deux ou plusieurs actions qui se déroulaient en même temps au passé |
They were dancing
while he was playing the guitar |
NE PAS L’UTILISER
avec les verbes relatifs à la pensée et aux goûts (think, remember,
love…)