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PAST CONTINUOUS
UTILISATION :  ACTION QUI ETAIT TRAIN DE SE DEROULER  
AUXILIAIRE   : WAS  ou WERE
I.  FORME AFFIRMATIVE
SUJET + AUX + VERBE + ING 

ex : I WAS GOING TO THE SUPERMARKET  

J'étais en train d'aller au supermarché

ex : THEY WERE COMING 

Ils étaient en train d'arriver

II. FORME INTEROGATIVE
AUX+SUJET+VERBE+ING

ex : WERE YOU GOING TO THE SUPERMARKET ?

Etais tu en train d'aller au supermarché

ex : WERE THEY WATCHING TV  ?   

étaient-ils entrain de regarder la TV 

III.  FORME NEGATIVE
SUJET+AUX+NOT+VERBE+ING

ex : I WAS NOT WATCHING TV  

Je n'étais  pas entrain de regarder la tv 

ex : THEY WERE NOT PLAYING ?   

Ils n'étaient pas entrain de jouer 

ex : THEY WEREN'T PLAYING ?   

Ils n'étaient pas entrain de jouer 

Verbe être au passé

I        WAS                  I   WASN'T  
   
YOU   WERE            YOU    WEREN'T             

HE      WAS               HE      WASN'T               

SHE    WAS              SHE    WASN'T           

IT       WAS                IT      WASN'T       

WE     WERE           WE     WEREN'T 

YOU    WERE         YOU   WEREN'T  
 
THEY   WERE        THEY  WEREN'T 
    

ACCORD DE TEMPS 

past continuous / past simple 

ex : I WAS WATCHING TV WHEN THE PHONE RANG !   

Je regardais la TV lorsque le téléphone a sonné 

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what were you doing Hey look who's here

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sis what a surprise

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hey I didn't expect to see you here

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please join me how was your day Julia oh

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I had an awful day it seemed to be such

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a lovely day at the beginning I was

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sitting on the balcony drinking a cup of

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coffee the Sun was shining someone was

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playing a violin in the street and I was

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enjoying a beautiful afternoon

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I was feeling hungry so I decided to

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make spaghetti but I realized that I

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didn't have any tomato sauce so I went

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to the grocery store to buy some after

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buying a few items I finally found the

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tomato sauce I was reading the label

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when the jar just slipped out of my

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hands and fell down there was glass and

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red sauce all over the floor and

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splattered all over my shoes I looked

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