Como ya hemos visto
en el simple present,
se forma el tiempo continuo que corresponde con
to be. Es lo mismo con
el simple past sólo
que en este caso hay que utilizar el simple past del
verbo to be.
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ejemplo |
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Forma de
'to be' |
+ verbo
pleno |
+ Redoblamiento
de la consonante |
+ sufijo
-ing |
= past continuous |
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I was |
read |
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ing |
I
was reading |
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you were |
jump |
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ing |
you
were jumping |
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he was |
buy |
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ing |
he
was buying |
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we were |
sell |
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ing |
we
were selling |
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you were |
wait |
|
ing |
you
were waiting |
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they were |
write |
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ing |
they
were writing |
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