62 Past progressive FORMA FORMA NEGATIVA FORMA AFFERMATIVA INTERA sogg.+was/were+ing form sogg.+was/were+not+ing form sogg.+wasn't/weren't+ing form I was working I was not working I wasn't working you were working you were not working you weren't working he/she/it was working he/she/it was not working he/she/it wasn't working we were working we were not working we weren't working you were working you were not working you weren't working they were working they were not working they weren't working FORMA INTERROGATIVA FORMA INTERROGATIVO-NEGATIVA was/were+soggetto+ing form wasn't/weren't+sogg.+ing form CONTRATTA was I working? wasn t I working? were you working? weren t you working? was he/she/it working? wasn t he/she/it working? were we working? weren t we working? were you working? weren t you working? were they working? weren t they working? LE RISPOSTE BREVI SONO: come quelle del past simple del verbo be. You were meeting Mark at this time a month ago. Stavi incontrando Mark a quest ora un mese fa. You were not/weren't meeting Mark at this time a month ago. Non stavi incontrando Mark a quest ora un mese fa. Were you meeting Mark at this time a month ago? Stavi incontrando Mark a quest ora un mese fa? Weren't you meeting Mark at this time a month ago? Non stavi incontrando Mark a quest ora un mese fa? He was listening to his new album yesterday afternoon. Stava ascoltando il suo nuovo album ieri pomeriggio. He was not/wasn't listening to his new album yesterday afternoon. Non stava ascoltando il suo nuovo album ieri pomeriggio. Was he listening to his new album yesterday afternoon? Stava ascoltando il suo nuovo album ieri pomeriggio? Wasn't he listening to his new album yesterday afternoon? Non stava ascoltando il suo nuovo album ieri pomeriggio? USO Il past progressive si usa per indicare un azione in svolgimento in un determinato momento nel passato. She was waiting for the bus half an hour ago. Stava aspettando l autobus mezz ora fa. They were having a snack when we arrived. Stavano facendo uno spuntino quando siamo arrivati. La forma non contratta (Were you not meeting Mark at this time a month ago?) è raramente usata. 86 Domande senza wh-word 222