{"id":2898,"date":"2022-12-21T13:28:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open-minds.it\/esercizi-inglese\/?page_id=2898"},"modified":"2023-01-10T15:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T14:22:43","slug":"past-continuous","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.open-minds.it\/esercizi-inglese\/a2\/grammatica\/past-continuous\/","title":{"rendered":"Past continuous"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2898\" class=\"elementor elementor-2898\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f15329 ct-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f15329\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84fc757\" data-id=\"84fc757\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0a241b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b0a241b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Past Continuous<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5de0d28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5de0d28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a5f9bf\" data-id=\"4a5f9bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183f720 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"183f720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Il\u00a0<em>past continuous<\/em> \u00e8 un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-minds.it\/blog\/tempi-verbali-inglese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.open-minds.it\/blog\/tempi-verbali-inglese\/\">tempo verbale inglese<\/a> che viene utilizzato per descrivere azioni nel passato, dando enfasi alla informazione che questo tipo di azioni \u00e8 <strong>prolungato nel tempo.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Viene utilizzato con queste due funzioni principali:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>per descrivere un\u2019azione non completata perch\u00e8 interrotta dal verificarsi di un altro evento, ad esempio: \u201cI\u00a0<strong>was having<\/strong>\u00a0a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>per esprimere un cambiamento di opinione, ad esempio: \u201cI\u00a0<strong>was going<\/strong>\u00a0to spend the day at the beach but I\u2019ve decided to get my homework done instead.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><p>Il past continuous descrive un\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-minds.it\/blog\/forme-progressive-dei-verbi-in-inglese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.open-minds.it\/blog\/forme-progressive-dei-verbi-in-inglese\/\">azione che si prolunga nel passato<\/a>, non completandosi o esaurendosi.<\/p><p>vediamo questo esempio di <strong>past continuous (o past progressive)<\/strong><\/p><p>I\u00a0<strong>was reading<\/strong>\u00a0a book last night: <strong>stavo leggendo<\/strong> un libro ieri sera. La azione del leggere \u00e8 lunga, dura una buona perte della sera. Non sappiamo se ho finito il libro, non \u00e8 importante. Ci\u00f2 che \u00e8 importante \u00e8 il fatto che la lettura \u00e8 durata nel tempo, all\u2019interno del lasso del tempo \u201cserata\u201d<\/p><p>l\u00a0<strong>past continuous<\/strong>\u00a0pu\u00f2 essere tradotto in italiano con la forma verbale \u201c<strong>stavo + gerundio<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p><p>Vediamo la spiegazione su <strong>come si forma il past continuous e quando si usa<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a259ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0a259ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=cfcLMb79j8U&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f98499 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f98499\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Come si forma il\u00a0<em>past continuous<\/em><\/h3><p>Il\u00a0<em>past continuous<\/em>\u00a0di qualsiasi verbo si compone di due parti: i<strong>l passato del verbo\u00a0<em>\u201cto be\u201d (was\/were)<\/em>\u00a0e la forma base del verbo principale\u00a0<em>+ ing<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p><p>Vediamo la tabella<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Forma affermativa<\/td><td>Forma negativa<\/td><td>Forma interrogativa<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I was smiling<\/td><td>I was not (wasn\u2019t) smiling<\/td><td>Was I smiling?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>You were smiling<\/td><td>You were not (weren\u2019t) smiling<\/td><td>Were you smiling?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>He, she, it was smiling<\/td><td>He, she, it was not (wasn\u2019t) smiling<\/td><td>Was he, she, it smiling?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>We were smiling<\/td><td>We were not smiling (weren\u2019t) smiling<\/td><td>Were we smiling?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>You were smiling<\/td><td>You were not (weren\u2019t) smiling<\/td><td>Were you smiling?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>They were smiling<\/td><td>They were not (weren\u2019t) smiling<\/td><td>Were they smiiling?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-315004e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"315004e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Past Continuous \u2013 forma affermativa<\/h3><p><strong>La forma affermativa si costruisce con soggetto+ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-minds.it\/blog\/verbo-essere-in-inglese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.open-minds.it\/blog\/verbo-essere-in-inglese\/\">verbo essere<\/a> al passato (was, were) e dal verbo principale con la forma -ing<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Vediamo qualche esempio<\/p><p>I was eating = \u201cStavo mangiando\u201d<\/p><p>I was eating , when he rang me = \u201cStavo mangiando, quando lui mi chiam\u00f2\u201d<\/p><p><strong>I was eating <\/strong>descrive una azione continuata per un certo lasso di tempo nel passato, ma interrotta da una altra azione. La differenza tra i due verbi \u00e8 questa:<strong> I was eating <\/strong>\u00e8 un \u201cprocesso\u201d, si sottolinea il fatto che si sia svolto ma non abbiamo informaizoni sul fatto che si sia conclusa (ho finoto il mio pranzo? non \u00e8 importante).<\/p><p>La chiamata, invece, \u00e8 un\u2019azione \u201cmomentanea\u201d, conclusa, perfetta. Questa \u00e8 la differenza tra il simple past e il past continuous.<\/p><h3>Past Continuous: forma negativa<\/h3><p><br \/><strong>La forma negativa si costruisce con soggetto seguito dall\u2019ausiliare to be al passato con la negazione.<\/strong><\/p><p>Importante: il verbo pu\u00f2 essere anche <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open-minds.it\/blog\/forma-contratta-inglese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.open-minds.it\/blog\/forma-contratta-inglese\/\">contratto<\/a>! vediamo bene le contrazioni in tabella.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Forma non contratta<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Forma contratta<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>I was not<\/td><td>I wasn\u2019t<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>You were not<\/td><td>You weren\u2019t<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>He, she, it was not<\/td><td>He, she, it wasn\u2019t<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>We were not<\/td><td>We weren\u2019t<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>You were not<\/td><td>You weren\u2019t<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>They were not<\/td><td>They weren\u2019t<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f005435 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f005435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Past perfect: forma interrogativa<\/h3><p>La forma interrogativa si costruisce con l\u2019ausiliare to be al passato, seguito dal soggetto e dal verbo principale in forma -ing.<\/p><h2>Differenza tra il past continuus e il simple past<\/h2><p>La differenza pi\u00f9 ovvia tra il <strong>simple past<\/strong> e i <strong>past continuous<\/strong> \u00e8 che il primo \u00e8 un tempo semplice, mentre il secondo \u00e8 un tempo \u201cprogressivo\u201d<\/p><p>Cosa vuole dire?<\/p><p>Vuole dire che i verbi in tempo semplice descrivono azioni brevi, concluse, che avvengono in un determinato tempo.<\/p><p><strong>Al contrario le forme progressive del verbo, descrivono processi , non azioni concluse. <\/strong><\/p><p>L\u2019esempio piu ovvio di una frase con past continuous \u00e8 una frase come questa<\/p><p>She was studying when I arrived. la mia azione momentanea (I arrived) interrompe il processo (I was studying)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-617d216 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"617d216\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0b041f\" data-id=\"e0b041f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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Someone _____ (steal) my bag when I ______ (stand) in the queue for a ticket<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<fieldset>\n\t\t<legend><\/legend>\n\t<div class='qmn_radio_answers '>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qmn_mc_answer_wrap  mrq_checkbox_class\" id=\"question7688-1 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type='radio' class='qmn_quiz_radio qmn-multiple-choice-input ' name=\"question7688\" id=\"question7688_1\" value=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label class=\"qsm-input-label\" for=\"question7688_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\twas stealing\/ stood\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qmn_mc_answer_wrap  mrq_checkbox_class\" id=\"question7688-2 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type='radio' class='qmn_quiz_radio qmn-multiple-choice-input ' name=\"question7688\" id=\"question7688_2\" value=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label class=\"qsm-input-label\" for=\"question7688_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tstole\/ was standing\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<label style=\"display: none !important;\" for=\"question7688_none\">None<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" style=\"display: none;\" name=\"question7688\" id=\"question7688_none\" checked=\"checked\" value=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/fieldset>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quiz_section qsm-question-wrapper question-type-0 question-section-id-7689 \" data-qid=\"7689\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='mlw_qmn_question ' >\n\t\t<p>2. The train _____ (leave) the station, when I ______ (realise) I was on the wrong train.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<fieldset>\n\t\t<legend><\/legend>\n\t<div class='qmn_radio_answers '>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qmn_mc_answer_wrap  mrq_checkbox_class\" id=\"question7689-1 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type='radio' class='qmn_quiz_radio qmn-multiple-choice-input ' name=\"question7689\" id=\"question7689_1\" value=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label class=\"qsm-input-label\" for=\"question7689_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\twas leaving\/ realised\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qmn_mc_answer_wrap  mrq_checkbox_class\" id=\"question7689-2 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type='radio' class='qmn_quiz_radio qmn-multiple-choice-input ' name=\"question7689\" id=\"question7689_2\" value=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label class=\"qsm-input-label\" for=\"question7689_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tleft\/ was realising\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<label style=\"display: none !important;\" for=\"question7689_none\">None<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" style=\"display: none;\" name=\"question7689\" id=\"question7689_none\" checked=\"checked\" value=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/fieldset>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quiz_section qsm-question-wrapper question-type-0 question-section-id-7690 \" data-qid=\"7690\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='mlw_qmn_question ' >\n\t\t<p>3. I ____ (drive) to a family wedding when my GPS ____ (stop) working.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<fieldset>\n\t\t<legend><\/legend>\n\t<div class='qmn_radio_answers '>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qmn_mc_answer_wrap  mrq_checkbox_class\" id=\"question7690-1 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type='radio' class='qmn_quiz_radio qmn-multiple-choice-input ' name=\"question7690\" id=\"question7690_1\" value=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label class=\"qsm-input-label\" for=\"question7690_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\twas driving\/ stopped\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qmn_mc_answer_wrap  mrq_checkbox_class\" id=\"question7690-2 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type='radio' class='qmn_quiz_radio qmn-multiple-choice-input ' name=\"question7690\" id=\"question7690_2\" value=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<label class=\"qsm-input-label\" for=\"question7690_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tdrove\/ was stopping\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<label style=\"display: none !important;\" for=\"question7690_none\">None<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" style=\"display: none;\" name=\"question7690\" id=\"question7690_none\" checked=\"checked\" value=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/fieldset>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quiz_section qsm-question-wrapper question-type-0 question-section-id-7691 \" data-qid=\"7691\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='mlw_qmn_question ' >\n\t\t<p>4. 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