le passé BE -ing         WAS / WERE + BV -ing

 

Ce temps peut exprimer :

 

1) Une action qui durait dans le passé qui était en train de se passer.

 

Exemple : At six o'clock, I was watching television.

(C'est l'action que je faisais à 6 heures)

 

2) Utilisé avec le passé simple, ce temps exprime une action en décors en arrière plan qui se passait en même temps que l'action exprimée par le passé simple.

 

Exemple : John was reading when the phone rang. ( C'est l'action que John était en train de faire )

                 While the guardian was sleeping, the prisoners escaped.

                (Pendant que le surveillant dormait, les prisonniers s'échappèrent. )

 

Ce temps correspond souvent à l'imparfait en français.

Expression with WAS/WERE BE-ing

Complete the sentences

1) Yesterday, at eight in the morning, I was ............................but I wasn't ................

2) Last night, at half past nine, I was ................but I wasn't ................

3) Last Wednesday, at three in the afternoon, I was ....................................

4) While I was going to school this morning, I didn't .....................................

5) While we were working in English, we ....................................

6) Yesterday morning at six, I was ....................................

7) Sunday at four in the afternoon, I was ....................................

8) Last Friday evening, I was ....................................

9) While I was sleeping, my mother ....................................

10) During breakfast, I was ....................................

 

 

Translate

1) Pendant le dîner, je mangeais le dessert quand mon téléphone sonna.

2)Pendant que je regardais la télévision, mon frère arriva.

3) A trois heures hier, ils regardaient le concert.

4) Pendant le match, il pleuvait.

5) Pendant que je rentrais à la maison, j'ai rencontré mon ami.

 

Copy the question and answer

1) What were you doing yesterday at 9 o'clock in the morning ?

2) What were you doing last Saturday at 5 in the afternoon ?

3) Were you watching TV at 8 last night ?

4) Were you working on Monday at 11 in the morning ?

5) What were you doing on at midnight New Years Eve ?