Transcript Inter American University of Puerto Rico Guayama Campus

Inter American University of
Puerto Rico
Guayama Campus
Title V Cooperative Project
Past Progressive Module
Prof. Marisol Piazza Aguirre
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Purpose
This module proposes to expand the basic
teaching-learning activities of English included in
the Title V Cooperative Project: “Improving Academic
Outcomes Through a Teaching-Based Consortium
Program for the Core Curriculum”. The project is
integrated by the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto
Rico in Ponce from where it is directed, the Arecibo,
Mayagüez and Guayama Campuses, the School of
Plastic Arts of Puerto Rico and Inter American University
of Puerto Rico, Guayama Campus.
Introduction
One of the most important verb tenses an ESL
(English Second Language) student should master to
communicate effectively in English orally as well as in
written form is the Past Progressive Tense.
This module has been designed for all college
students but specially for you students who are
registered in the basic English as a Second Language I,
GEEN 1101 course. In this module, you will study and
review the rules of how to use the Past Progressive
Tense correctly.
Objectives
General Objective:
By the end of this module, the student will develop
confidence and demonstrate knowledge using the Past
Progressive correctly to express actions that were
occurring at specific times in the past.
Specific Objective:
At the end of this module, the student will use
affirmative and negative sentences, direct questions,
short yes/no answers, wh-questions (information
questions) and answers giving pertinent information in
the Past Progressive.
Pre-Test
(Affirmative Sentences)
Select the best answer.
__ 1. I ___ last night when the electricity went out.
(A) am studying (B) was studying (C) studying
__ 2. We ___ tennis yesterday at 6:00 P.M.
(A) are playing
(B) was playing (C) were playing
__ 3. John ___ and Cecilia was taking pictures.
(A) was driving
(B) is driving
(C) was driveing
__ 4. While mother ___ yesterday evening, I prepared the salad.
(A) was cooking
(B) is cooking
(C) cooks
__ 5. They ___ the house when we arrived unexpectedly.
(A) was cleaning (B) are cleaning (C) were cleaning
Pre-Test
(Negative Sentences)
__ 6. The little boy ___ when he fell into the pool.
(A) isn’t running
(B) wasn’t running (C) wasn’t runing
__ 7. Mr. and Mrs. Williams ___ when the robbery occurred.
(A) weren’t traveling (B) aren’t traveling (C) wasn’t traveling
__ 8. The printers at the Computer Lab. ____ last week.
(A) weren’t working (B) wasn’t working (C) aren’t working
__ 9. The sun ___ brightly this morning.
(A) weren’t shining (B) wasn’t shineing (C) wasn’t shining
__10. Sharon ____ attention in class yesterday.
(A) isn’t paying
(B) wasn’t paying (C) weren’t paying
Pre-Test
(Yes/No Questions)
__ 11. ___ you ___ to the news last night ?
(A) Was, listening (B) Are, listening (C) Were, listening
__ 12. ___ Carlos ___ his car yesterday afternoon ?
(A) Is, fixing
(B) Was, fixing
(C) Was, fixxing
__ 13. ___ we ___ at the meeting last Monday ?
(A) Were, interrupting (B) Were, interupting (C) Are, interrupting
__ 14. ___ the stores ___ when you arrived ?
(A) Were, closeing (B) Are, closing (C) Were, closing
__ 15. ___ the man ___ to his wife about the money he had spent.
(A) Was, lying
(B) Is, lying
(C) Was, lieing
Pre-Test
(Wh-Questions)
__ 16. Why ___ the audience ___ at the end of the movie ?
(A) were, crying (B) was, crying (C) are, crying
__ 17. Who ____ a lot last night ?
(A) was sneezeing (B) was sneezing (C) is sneezing
__ 18. When ___ they ___ for Christmas presents ?
(A) was, shopping (B) were, shoping (C) were, shopping
__ 19. Where ___ Robert and Paola ___ when you saw them ?
(A) were, going
(B) are, going
(C) was, going
__ 20. What ___ Angie ___ yesterday night ?
(A) was, sewwing (B) were, sewing (C) was, sewing
Pre-Test Answer Key
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B
C
A
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C
B
A
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Pre-Test Evaluation
Total Correct Answers:
20
19
18-12
11 or
less
Excellent: Go to the Post-Test.
Very Good: Review the incorrect answer and go
to the Post-Test.
Good: Review the incorrect answers, study the rules
presented in this module, do the practice exercises and
then go to the Post-Test.
You Need More Practice: Study the module, review the
rules carefully and do the practice exercises. When
you improve your score, you may go to the Post-Test.
Past Progressive
The Past Progressive has two parts:
BE (was/were) and Verb + ing
Examples:
1. I was watching TV at 10:30 last night.
2. He was reading when the explosion occurred.
3. They were painting while we were cleaning.
Past Progressive
Use the Past Progressive tense to:

Talk about activities that were or weren’t happening at a
specific time in the past.
Example:
1. We were watching TV last night at 9:00.
2. We weren’t sleeping last night at 9:00.
Past Progressive

Talk about two or more activities that were happening at
the same time.
Example:
1. With and: Jake was driving and Cecilia was taking
pictures.
2. With while: While Jake was driving, Cecilia was taking
pictures.
Past Progressive

Describe a scene when you tell a story
Example:
The sun was shining. Many people were
swimming in the clear, blue water of the
lake…
Language Notes

When while comes at the beginning of a
sentence, add a comma.

When while comes in the middle of a
sentence, do not add a comma.

Non-action verbs are not used in the past
progressive tense:
Non-Action Verbs
(Do not add -ing)
Senses
Feelings
Opinion
Possession
Mental
Status
Other
feel
feel
agree
belong
forget
be
hear
hate
believe
have
know
cost
look
like
disagree
own
remember
mean
see
love
feel
understand
need
smell
sound
taste
think
owe
want
Some Examples of Past Tense
Time Expressions
yesterday
yesterday morning
yesterday afternoon
yesterday evening
last night
last Friday…
last week
last weekend
last month
last Christmas
10 minutes ago
5 days ago
3 weeks ago
2 Saturdays ago
4 months ago
7 years ago
2 semesters ago
2 summers ago
in 1970
in the year 2000
etc…
Spelling Rules

Rule # 1: Add -ing to the base form of most verbs.
Examples:
drink-drinking
eat-eating
play-playing

Rule # 2: If a verb ends in a silent -e, drop the final –e and add
-ing.
Examples:
smile-smiling
receive-receiving
Spelling Rules

Rule # 3: If a one-syllable verb ends in a consonant, a vowel, and a
consonant (CVC), double the last consonant before adding
–ing.
Examples:
sit-sitting
run-running

Rule # 4: In two-syllable verbs that end in a consonant, a vowel, and a
consonant (CVC), double the last consonant only if the last syllable is
stressed.
Examples:
admit-admitting (last syllable is stressed)
whisper-whispering (first syllable is stressed)
Spelling Rules

Rule # 5: If the verb ends in -ie, drop the -ie, add -y and then
add -ing.
Examples:
lie-lying
die-dying

Rule # 6: Do not double the last consonant in verbs ending in -x
or -w.
Examples:
fix-fixing
snow-snowing
Affirmative Sentences
Use:
Subject Past of Verb +
BE
-ing
I
He
was
working.
She
It
You
We
were working.
They
Affirmative Sentences
Examples:
1. I was working in the garden yesterday afternoon.
2. It was raining hard when they left this morning.
3. The dog was barking a lot last night.
4. Alex was painting the house and Luis was washing the cars.
5. The children were playing with sand at the beach while their mothers
were talking.
6. Daniel and Mary were visiting their friends last summer.
Negative Sentences
Use:
Subject Negative Verb +
Past of BE -ing
I
He
was not
working.
She
(wasn’t)
It
You
We
were not working.
They (weren’t)
Negative Sentences
Examples:
1. I wasn’t working in the garden yesterday afternoon.
2. It wasn’t raining hard when they left this morning.
3. The dog wasn’t barking a lot last night.
4. Alex wasn’t painting the house and Luis wasn’t washing the cars.
5. The children weren’t playing with sand at the beach while their
mothers were talking.
6. Daniel and Mary weren’t visiting their friends last summer.
Yes/No Questions and Short
Answers
Yes/No Questions
Use:
Past Tense
Subject
Verb + -ing
of BE
Was
Were
I
he
she
it
you
we
they
working ?
working ?
Yes/No Questions and Short
Answers
Short Answers
Use:
AFFIRMATIVE
YES,
NEGATIVE
I was.
I wasn’t.
he was.
he wasn’t.
she was.
she wasn’t.
it was.
NO,
it wasn’t.
you were.
you weren’t.
we were.
we weren’t.
they were.
they weren’t.
Yes/No Questions and Short
Answers
Examples:
1. Question: Were you working in the garden yesterday afternoon?
Answers: Yes, I was.
No, I wasn’t.
2. Question: Was it raining hard when they left ?
Answers: Yes, it was.
No, it wasn’t.
3. Question: Was the dog barking a lot last night ?
Answers: Yes, it was.
No, it wasn’t.
Yes/No Questions and Short
Answers
4. Question: Was Alex painting the house ?
Answers: Yes, he was.
No, he wasn’t.
5. Question: Was Sally playing with sand at the beach while her
mother was speaking on the cell phone ?
Answers: Yes, she was.
No, she wasn’t.
6. Question: Were Daniel and Mary visiting their friends last summer ?
Answers: Yes, they were.
No, they weren’t.
Wh-Questions
WH-Questions
Use:
Wh-word
What
When
Where
Why
How
Past
Tense of
BE
was
were
Subject
I
he
she
it
you
we
they
Base Form
of BE + ing
reading?
Wh-Questions
Examples:
1. Question: Where were you working yesterday ?
Answer: I was working in the garden.
2. Question: When was it raining ?
Answer: It was raining this morning.
3. Question: Why was the dog barking a lot last night ?
Answer: It was barking because strange people were
passing by the house.
Wh-Questions
4. Question: Who was painting the house ?
Answer: Alex was painting the house.
5. Question: What were the children playing with at the
beach ?
Answer : They were playing with sand.
6. Question: Who were Daniel and Mary visiting last
summer ?
Answer: They were visiting their friends.
Practice Exercise
Select the best answer.
__ 1. We ___ at the bus stop when the accident occurred.
(A) was waiting
(B) are waiting
(C) were waiting
__ 2. Sarah ___ to her supervisor this morning.
(A) is speaking
(B) was speaking (C) was speak
__ 3. Grandmother ___ on the balcony while we were playing cards.
(A) was siting
(B) was sitting
(C) is sitting
__ 4. Michael’s parents ___ him pay his bills last year.
(A) was helping
(B) are helping
(C) were helping
__ 5. My hands ___ while I was giving my oral presentation.
(A) were shaking (B) were shakeing (C) are shaking
Practice Exercise
__ 6. Samuel ____ on time to his work last week.
(A) wasn’t arriving (B) isn’t arriving (C) wasn’t arriveing
__ 7. The fax machine ____ yesterday.
(A) isn’t working
(B) weren’t working (C) wasn’t working
__ 8. The children ____ when they saw the dentist.
(A) aren’t crying
(B) weren’t crying
(C) wasn’t crying
__ 9. I ____ when Jenny fell off her bicycle.
(A) am not laughing (B) wasn’t laughing (C) wasn’t laugh
__10. The students ____ while they were taking an exam.
(A) wasn’t talking (B) aren’t talking (C) weren’t talking
Practice Exercise
__ 11. ___ Prof. Santiago ___ assignments last Monday ?
(A) Were, checking (B) Is, checking (C) Was, checking
__ 12. ___ you ___ in Miami five years ago ?
(A) Were, living
(B) Was, living
(C) Were, liveing
__ 13. ___ the employees ___ to each other at the meeting ?
(A) Were, whisppering (B) Were, whispering (C) Were, whisper
__ 14. ___ the airplane ___ when Henry arrived to the airport ?
(A) Was, leaveing
(B) Is, leaving
(C) Was, leaving
__ 15.___ the boys ___ basketball yesterday afternoon ?
(A) Were, play
(B) Are, playing (C) Were, playing
Practice Exercise
__ 16. What ___ Victor ___ when you called him ?
(A) is, doing
(B) was, doing
(C) were, doing
__ 17. When ___ the actors ___ books and posters at the Mall ?
(A) are, signing
(B) were, signing (C) were, signning
__ 18. Where ___ Laura ___ French last semester ?
(A) is, studying
(B) were, studying (C) was, studying
__ 19. Who _____ loud music last night ?
(A) was playing (B) is playing
(C) were playing
__ 20. Why ___ the fans ____ at the rock concert ?
(A) were, screamming (B) were, screaming (C) were, scream
Practice Exercise Answer Key
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. B
10. C
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B
Practice Exercise Evaluation
Total Correct Answers:
20
19
18-12
Excellent: Go to the Post-Test.
Very Good: Review the incorrect answer and
go to the Post-Test.
Good: Review the incorrect answers, consult
the module again and then go to the Post-Test.
11or
less
You Need More Practice: Study the module,
review the rules carefully and do the practice
exercises again. When you understand and
improve your score, you may go to the Post-Test.
Post Test
(Affirmative Sentences)
Select the best answer.
__ 1. I ___ last night when the electricity went out.
(A) am studying (B) was studying (C) studying
__ 2. We ___ tennis yesterday at 6:00 P.M.
(A) are playing
(B) was playing (C) were playing
__ 3. John ___ and Cecilia was taking pictures.
(A) was driving
(B) is driving
(C) was driveing
__ 4. While mother ___ yesterday evening, I prepared the salad.
(A) was cooking
(B) is cooking
(C) cooks
__ 5. They ___ the house when we arrived unexpectedly.
(A) was cleaning (B) are cleaning (C) were cleaning
Post Test
(Negative Sentences)
__ 6. The little boy ___ when he fell into the pool.
(A) isn’t running
(B) wasn’t running (C) wasn’t runing
__ 7. Mr. and Mrs. Williams ___ when the robbery occurred.
(A) weren’t traveling (B) aren’t traveling (C) wasn’t traveling
__ 8. The printers at the Computer Lab. ____ last week.
(A) weren’t working (B) wasn’t working (C) aren’t working
__ 9. The sun ___ brightly this morning.
(A) weren’t shining (B) wasn’t shineing (C) wasn’t shining
__10. Sharon ____ attention in class yesterday.
(A) isn’t paying
(B) wasn’t paying (C) weren’t paying
Post Test
(Yes/No Questions)
__ 11. ___ you ___ to the news last night ?
(A) Was, listening (B) Are, listening (C) Were, listening
__ 12. ___ Carlos ___ his car yesterday afternoon ?
(A) Is, fixing
(B) Was, fixing
(C) Was, fixxing
__ 13. ___ we ___ at the meeting last Monday ?
(A) Were, interrupting (B) Were, interupting (C) Are, interrupting
__ 14. ___ the stores ___ when you arrived ?
(A) Were, closeing (B) Are, closing (C) Were, closing
__ 15. ___ the man ___ to his wife about the money he had spent.
(A) Was, lying
(B) Is, lying
(C) Was, lieing
Post Test
(Wh-Questions)
__ 16. Why ___ the audience ___ at the end of the movie ?
(A) were, crying (B) was, crying (C) are, crying
__ 17. Who ____ a lot last night ?
(A) was sneezeing (B) was sneezing (C) is sneezing
__ 18. When ___ they ___ for Christmas presents ?
(A) was, shopping (B) were, shoping (C) were, shopping
__ 19. Where ___ Robert and Paola ___ when you saw them ?
(A) were, going
(B) are, going
(C) was, going
__ 20. What ___ Angie ___ yesterday night ?
(A) was, sewwing (B) were, sewing (C) was, sewing
Post Test Answer Key
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B
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C
Post-Test Evaluation
Total Correct Answers:
20
19
18-12
11 or
less
Excellent: Congratulations! You have successfully
completed this module. You may work with a different
module if necessary.
Very Good: Review the incorrect answer. You may work
on a different module if necessary.
Good: Review the incorrect answers, review the areas of
difficulty and take the Post-Test again.
You Need More Practice: I recommend that you review
the complete module and take the Post-Test again.
Letter to the Student
Congratulations ! You have completed the Past
Progressive module. If you really understand all of
the rules and examples presented, you can work
with a different module depending on your needs.
However, if you still have some questions
concerning the rules, I advise you to review this
module again before studying a different module.
Remember you learn by practicing, therefore use
the Past Progressive in your daily conversations and
written work.