Englische Grammatikübungen

Das Past Continuous: Verbformen

The Past Continuous Tense: Verb Forms

Verwendung - Das Past Continuous

Wir verwenden das Present Continuous für eine Aktion, die gleichzeitig mit einer anderen Aktion in der Vergangenheit stattfindet.

Wir verwenden einen Past Simple-Satz für die kürzere Aktion.

Wir verwenden einen Past Continuous-Satz für die längere Aktion.

Action happening at the same time as another action in the past
Shorter Action: Past Simple Clause
Longer Action: Past Continuous Clause

Grammatik - Das Past Continuous

PAST CON. CLAUSE + when + PAST SIMPLE
The Past Continuous: BE + INF.-ing
BE → was/were
I/He/She/It + was + INF.-ing
I was sleeping when you called.
You/We/They + were + INF.-ing
They were fishing when they saw it.

Beispiele - Das Past Continuous

SUBJ.	BE	...-ing	when	PAST SIMPLE

I	was	sleeping	when	he called.
You	were	reading	when	she came.
He	was	working	when	it arrived.
She	was	studying	when	I visited.
It	was	working	when	I bought it.
We	were	fishing	when	we saw it.
They	were	walking	when	they heard it.

SYMBOLE/ABKÜRZUNGEN

INF.	INFINITIV
PAST CON.	PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMP.	EINFACHE VERGANGENHEIT
SUBJ.	SUBJEKT

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