Cours sur le Past Continuous anglais, aussi appelé prétérit progressif ou past progressive.

1. Past Continuous Esl Conversation Questions
2. Past Continuous Esl Questions
3. Past Perfect Continuous Conversation Questions
4. Past Simple Past Continuous Conversation Questions

Le présent simple (I do) a son présent continu (I am doing).

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Le passé simple (I did) a donc son passé continu (I was doing).

Dans cette leçon on va s’intéresser au passé continu (ou past continuous en anglais). Il est parfois appelé passé progressif (past progressive), prétérit continu ou prétérit progressif mais ne vous méprenez pas, c’est exactement la même chose !

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1/ Formation du past continuous en anglais:

Past Continuous Esl Conversation Questions

‘to be’ au past simple (WAS / WERE) + base verbale + ING

• I / he / she / it wasplaying, having, moving…
• we / you / they weredoing, reading, writing…

2/ C’est quoi la différence entre le past simple et le past continuous ?

Regardez l’exemple suivant:

• Past simple:I had lunch at noon yesterday => J’ai déjeuné à midi hier.
• Past continuous:I was having lunch at noon yesterday => J’étais en train de déjeuner à midi hier.

3/ A quoi sert le past continuous anglais ?

En français on peut le traduire par ‘être en train de…’ (au passé)

>> On l’utilise pour parler d’une action en cours à un moment passé: /download-serum-vst-torrent.html.

• We were waiting at the café.

>> Pour dire qu’une action en cours a été interrompue (on trouve alors du past simple dans la phrase):

• I was drinking at the bar when she called me.
• I hurt my leg while I was running in the park.
• He phoned me when we were having lunch.
• It was snowing when I went out.

>> Quand deux actions se sont passées au même moment, sans avoir d’influence l’une envers l’autre (on utilise souvent ‘while’):

• John was watching TV while Linda was reading a book.
• I was studying while he was making dinner.
• While Dave was sleeping last night, someone stole his car.
• What were you doing while you were waiting?
• They were drinking beer, talking about life, and having fun.

>> Des actions passées qui irritent la personne qui parle:

• Bob was always complaining.
• She was constantly repeating the same story.

>> Des actions passées qui se répétaient souvent:

• He was jogging around the lake every day.

>> Pour décrire une personne au passé:

• When I saw him he was wearing a hat.
• The thief was wearing a black hood.

4/ Le past continuous dans les phrases négatives:

• I was not talking to you (= I wasn’t talking to you)
• You were not playing football (= You weren’t playing football)
• They were not dancing at the party (= They weren’t dancing at the party)

5/ Poser des questions au past continuous:

• Was I playing football?
• Why were you not watching football?
• What were they doing when the show started?

6/ forme active / passive

• The thief was stealing the diamond when the police arrived (Active)
• The diamond was being stolen by the thief when the police arrived (Passive)

⚠️ Certains verbes ne s’utilisent normalement pas au past continuous (au présent continu non plus d’ailleurs) sauf à quelques exceptions. La liste n’est pas complète mais voici les principaux:

love / like / know / want / need / seem / mean / prefer / belong / understand / consist / suppose / remember / realise / forget / notice…

• I needed to go to the doctor (et pas ‘I was needing…’)
• I loved this movie ! (et pas ‘I was loving this movie’)
• We wanted to go out but it was raining (et pas ‘we were wanting…’)

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Jane: Hello.

Police Officer: Hello Miss. I don't mean to bother you, but can I just ask you a few questions?

Jane: Sure.

Police officer: Yeah, there was a crime committed last night so we've been asking some of the locals . What were you doing at eight o’clock yesterday evening?

Jane: I was watching a movie.

Police officer: Hmm. What movie were you watching?

Jane: Twilight, the vampire movie.

Police officer: Really? What time was it playing?

Jane: I was watching it from 7 until 9. I was not robbing that old woman at 8 o’clock because I was watching the movie. Look, I watched the whole movie from start to finish.

Police officer: So, how do you know it was an old woman that got robbed?

Jane: Ahmm.

Past Continuous - Grammar Notes

1. I was watching TV when he arrived.
2. I was sleeping when cat woke me up.
3. They were waiting when we got there.
4. She was just telling me a joke.

Past Continuous Esl Questions

1. As I was eating, a strange man approached me.
2. While I was living in Spain, I met my partner.
3. The children were fighting when I got home.
4. She was sleeping, so I tried to be quiet.

1. What were you doing at six last night?
2. I was eating dinner with my family.
3. Where were you this morning?
4. I was at home. I was helping my mother.

1. As I was just saying, you need to be more careful.
2. You know, I was just thinking the same thing.
3. He was just sitting here. Where is he now?
4. We were just leaving.

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