🎯 Obiettivo della lezione

In questa lezione imparerai a usare il Past Continuous 📖 per parlare di azioni che erano in corso nel passato.
Capirai come formarlo 🧠, quando usarlo ✍️ e farai subito pratica reale! 🚀

🌟 Cosa significa “Past Continuous”?

Il Past Continuous serve per:

• Parlare di azioni che erano in svolgimento in un momento preciso nel passato. ⏳
  
• Descrivere azioni interrotte da un’altra azione. ✋
  

🔍 Come si forma il Past Continuous?

Formula:
Soggetto + was/were + verbo base + -ing

Schema:

• I / He / She / It ➔ was
  
• You / We / They ➔ were
  

🔍 Esempi pratici

Azioni in corso nel passato:

• I was reading a book at 8 p.m. ➔ (Stavo leggendo un libro alle 8 di sera.) 📖
  
• They were playing football yesterday afternoon. ➔ (Stavano giocando a calcio ieri pomeriggio.) ⚽
  

Azione interrotta:

• I was sleeping when you called. ➔ (Stavo dormendo quando hai chiamato.) 🛌
  
• She was cooking when the phone rang. ➔ (Stava cucinando quando il telefono squillò.) 🍳
  

🧩 Schema riassuntivo – Past Continuous

❓ Dubbi basilari chiariti

• Quando uso was e quando were?
  ➔ Was per I, he, she, it. Were per you, we, they.
  
• Il verbo cambia oltre a -ing?
  ➔ Solo piccole regole come nel Present Continuous (raddoppio consonanti, togliere -e)!
  
• Past Continuous è passato certo o incerto?
  ➔ È certo! Ma racconta azioni in corso, non azioni finite.
  

🚫 Errori comuni da evitare

• ❌ I were watching TV. ➔ ✅ I was watching TV.
  
• ❌ They was playing outside. ➔ ✅ They were playing outside.
  
• ❌ He was to cook dinner. ➔ ✅ He was cooking dinner.
  

👉 Ricorda: attenzione a scegliere was/were giusto e usa sempre il verbo con -ing!

📝 Esercizi pratici

Esercizio 1: Completa con was o were + verbo + -ing

1. I ___ (sleep) at midnight. 🛌
   
2. They ___ (play) soccer when it started to rain. ⚽☔
   
3. She ___ (watch) a movie last night. 🎬
   
4. We ___ (study) for the test yesterday. 📚
   
5. He ___ (cook) dinner at 7 p.m. 🍳
   

Esercizio 2: Scrivi 5 frasi tue

• Usa il Past Continuous per descrivere cosa stavi facendo in un momento passato!
  Esempi:
  
• I was driving to work at 8 a.m. 🚗
  
• They were dancing at the party. 🎉
  

🟰 Soluzioni degli esercizi

Esercizio 1:

1. was sleeping
   
2. were playing
   
3. was watching
   
4. were studying
   
5. was cooking
   

📌 Riepilogo finale

• Past Continuous ➔ parla di azioni in corso nel passato.
  
• Formula ➔ was/were + verbo + -ing.
  
• Usa was con I/he/she/it ➔ were con you/we/they.
  
• Pratica raccontando cosa facevi ieri a diversi orari! ⏰✨