pasttense

What were you

saying? I wasn’t

listening…

I was just

presuming

that…

Hum… I’m

terribly

sorry…

What were you doing

last night at 10:25,

Ms. Jamieson?

I was dinning

out with the

Parksons.

She has a good alibi, I

dare say,Holmes,don’t

you think?…

Mr. Bullock

was

climbing the

stairs when

he tripped

and fell…

Mr. Bullock

climbed the

stairs when he

tripped and

fell…

Upon my

faith,Watson…

That’s it!

•Enumeration

of actions that

finished in the

past

•Result

•Action in progress

at a definite time in

the past

•The action was

still happening

when another

action started in

the past

Did you hear or

see anything

strange last

night at 10:25?

I was preparing to

go to bed when I

heard someone

screaming.

Well, I was

trying to read

last night

around 10:15

when I saw a

strange light

at my window.

Past Progressive

Mr.Bullock and Ms. Jamieson were

arguing about something…

…when I

walked

into the

room.

Could you tell

me what you

were doing

exactly at 10,25

last Monday?

Did you

see or hear

anything

suspect?

Strange

…

While / As +

Past

Progressiv

e

Years ago / in ( year)/

from (year ) to

( year)+Past Simple

Last…/

yesterday

+ Past

Simple

I was

waiting

for an

important

call. 4)

02 JUIN

2005

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5. Dean ,Michael- English Grammar

Lessons, Oxford University Press,1993

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7650, TIC dans l’enseignement aux

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