Page 11 - CONNECT 5 Unit 4 “How do I look?”

CONNECT 5 Unit 4 “Looking after our world”

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Language Focus
The Past Continuous Tense: غَزسَىا ٚضبَىا ٍِػ

* We use “ the past continuous tense “ for something that happened and
continued over a period of time in the past.

.ٜضبَىا ٚف ذق٘ىا ٍِ حغزفى غَزس اٗ سضد ءٜش ِػ غٞجؼزيى غَزسَىا ٜضبَىا ٍِػ ًضشزسّ
Form:

We make the past continuous with( was/were + the -ing form of the verb).
1- Affirmative: دبجثلإا خىبد ٚف

I / He / She / It / درفم مسا was + verb+ ing
You/ we/ they / عمج مسا were + verb+ ing
Example:

- She was cooking lunch.

- We were playing football.
2- Negative: ٜفْىا خىبد ٚف
I / He / She / It / درفم مسا was not (wasn’t) + verb+ ing

You/ We/ They / عمج مسا were not (weren’t) + verb+ ing
Example:

- He wasn’t sleeping .

- They weren’t drinking water.

3- (Yes or No) Questions: هاؤسىا خىبد ٚف

Was I / he / she / it / درفم مسا + verb+ ing?
Were you/ we/ they / عمج مسا + verb+ ing?

Example:
- Was he eating?

Yes, he was. Or No, he wasn’t.

- Were they tiding their rooms?

Yes, they were. Or No, they weren’t.

4- (Wh) Questions: هاؤسىا خىبد ٚف
Question was I / he / she / it / درفم مسا + verb+ ing?
word were you/ we/ they / عمج مسا + verb+ ing?

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