6.4 Past progressive be contemporaneamente descrivere I/he/she/it improvvisa passato past past simple successiva virgola wasn t wasn t were were working you/we/they FORMA FORMA AFFERMATIVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . were working I/he/she/it was working FORMA NEGATIVA INTERA CONTRATTA FORMA INTERROGATIVONEGATIVA FORMA INTERROGATIVA you/we/they were not you/we/they weren t working working . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . weren t you/we/they you/we/they working? working? I/he/she/it was not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wasn t working was I/he/she/it working? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I/he/she/it working? n Il past progressive si forma con il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . di be + la -ing form del verbo Ann was watching TV at 9 o clock last night. Ann stava guardando la TV alle 9 ieri sera. n La forma negativa e la forma interrogativa sono uguali a quelle del past simple di . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann was not/wasn t watching TV at 9 o clock last night. Ann non stava guardando la TV alle 9 ieri sera. Was Ann watching TV at 9 o clock last night? Ann stava guardando la TV alle 9 ieri sera? n Le risposte brevi si formano come quelle del past simple di be: Yes, you/we/they . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No, you/we/they weren t. Yes, I/he/she/it was. No, I/he/she/it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USO n Si usa il past progressive per: esprimere azioni in svolgimento in un momento . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mum was watching her favourite programme on TV when granny phoned. La mamma stava guardando il suo programma preferito alla TV quando ha telefonato la nonna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . immagini o fotografie Here Henry was walking towards Ann. Qui Henry stava camminando verso Ann. I passati n Spesso l azione espressa con il past progressive è messa in relazione ad una seconda azione, che può essere: in svolgimento . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .: anche questa azione è espressa con il past progessive ed è unita alla precedente dalla congiunzione while mentre1 While 82 Jane was listening to the radio, Bob was doing his homework. Mentre Jane ascoltava la radio, Bob faceva i compiti.2 What was Jim doing while his mother was tidying up his room? Che cosa stava facendo Jim mentre sua mamma gli stava riordinando la stanza? Modulo 6