Lesson:Essentials/42

Grammar

Agora que já sabemos utilizar o Present Continuous, podemos facilmente aprender o Past Continuous.

A forma é a seguinte: [was/were + present continuous]

Ou seja, conjugamos o verbo to be no passado:

to be
I	was
You	were
He	was
She	was
It	was
We	were
You	were
They	were

E ao próximo verbo, adicionamos -ING.

Veja alguns exemplos:

• They were exercising when she arrived.
  • Eles estavam se exercitando quando ela chegou.
• Were they exercising when she arrived?
  • Eles estavam se exercitando quando ela chegou?
• They were not exercising when she arrived.
  • Eles não estavam se exercitando quando ela chegou.

Usamos o Past Continuous das seguintes formas:

1. Ação Interrompida no Passado

• I was going home when he called.
  • Eu estava indo para a minha casa quando ele ligou.
• When it started to rain, she was getting ready to leave.
  • Quando começou a chover, ela estava se arrumando para sair.
• While we were packing our bags, our grandparents arrived.
  • Enquanto estávamos fazendo as malas, os nossos avós chegaram.
• What were you doing when the concert started?
  • O que você estava fazendo quando o show começou?
• I was watching a movie, so I didn't see you come in.
  • Eu estava assistindo ao filme, por isto não te vi entrar.
• You were not studying when I came into your room.
  • Você não estava estudando quando eu entrei no seu quarto.
• While she was shopping last night, we organized a surprise party for her.
  • Enquanto ela estava fazendo compras ontem à noite, nós organizamos uma festa surpresa para ela.
• My father was waiting for us when the game ended.
  • Meu pai estava esperando por nós quando o jogo acabou.
• While I was writing the email, I lost my internet connection.
  • Enquanto eu estava escrevendo o email, eu perdi a minha conexão com a internet.

1. Fill the blanks with the past continuous:

1. When she called us we _______ (correct) our exercises.
2. The children _______ (cry) 5 minutes ago.
3. I _______ (study) Geography when you called me.
4. Lucy _______ (sing) in the garden.
5. Those girls _______ (look) for you.
6. My friends and I _______ (watch) TV in my bedroom.
7. That man _______ (build) a doghouse.

2. Change the sentences from the simple past to the past continuous tense:

1. She walked to school.
2. They played chess last night.
3. It rained a lot.
4. We wrote love poems.
5. I helped my mother with lunch.
6. The teacher explained the lesson to the students.
7. They played a new game last weekend.

Pronunciation

Examples
dress	head
bed	many
medal	dead
fell	pen
test	nest

Vocabulary

• To build - built
• To lay - laid
• House
• Building
• Construction
• Shape
• Size
• Tall
• Short
• Huge
• Structure
• Budget

Extra Vocabulary

Construction

• Ladder
• Cement
• Cinder block
• Lumber, wood
• Brick
• Carpenter
• Crane
• Architect
• Foreman
• Blueprint
• Mason
• Steel girder
• Wheel barrow
• Jackhammer
• Earplugs
• Construction worker
• Welder
• Blow torch
• Bulldozer
• Forklift
• Steamroller
• Dump truck

Construction

Phrasal Verb

ask for something
pedir algo

• They are asking for a glass of water.
  • Eles estão pedindo um copo d'água

1. Translate the sentences into Portuguese:

1. He always asks for money on weekends.
2. They will ask for help in case they need it.

2. Translate the sentences into English:

1. O aluno está pedindo a caneta.
2. Precisamos pedir mais informações sobre esse assunto.

3. Make two sentences using the phrasal verb ask for something:

Conversation

1. Are you interested in the construction area?
2. What's the worst part about building something?
3. What's the best part about building something?
4. Which do you think is worse, to build or to remodel? Why?
5. Would you like to build a house? How would you like it to be?
6. What's the favorite room in your house/apartment? Why?
7. What's your favorite color for houses?
8. Do you know how to paint a wall?
9. Are you afraid of using a ladder? Why?
10. Which skills do you think you need to have to do home improvement?

Prepositions

1. Look at the pictures below and write two sentences using the preposition through:

Review

1. Answer the questions using the past continuous. See the example below.

• What were you doing yesterday?
• watch a movie / friends
• I was watching a movie with my friends.

1. What was she doing yesterday? (study for the test / alone)
2. What were they doing yesterday? (buy a newspaper / get information)
3. What were you doing yesterday? (drink water / after the gym)
4. What was he doing yesterday? (prepare the paper / the class)
5. What was the lady doing yesterday? (go to the beauty parlor / look beautiful)
6. What were the players doing yesterday? (practice / for the next game)
7. What was the policeman doing yesterday? (give a ticket / to the bad driver)

2. Rewrite the sentences following the model.

• The worker was feeling bad. / tired / sick
• The worker was feeling tired.
• The worker was feeling sick.

1. The architect is changing the project. / color of the house / decorating the new house
2. The workers need more bricks to continue the construction. / cinder block / cement
3. I need a ladder to fix the lamp. / the window / to reach the roof
4. The foreman has to hire new people. / to increase the productivity / to meet the deadline (to meet deadline = terminar até o prazo final)
5. That crane is huge. / not safe / That dump truck
6. We'll buy a lot of wood to build the doghouse. / My neighbor / shed
7. The party next door is very noisy / so I'll go to my friend's house / so I'll enjoy it

3. Use the simple past or past continuous in the sentences below:

1. We _______ (live) in France when the war _______. (begin)
2. While you _______ (talk) to Jane I _______ (wait) for you.
3. She _______ (drive) to the airport when someone _______ (call) her.
4. I _______ (read) your letter when you _______ (phone).
5. When he _______ (get) up, we _______ (have) lunch.
6. We _______ (live) in Spain when we _______ (study) art.
7. I _______ (look) at that building when the architect _______. (arrive)

4. Text listening

Answers

1. The mason needs to wear earplugs during work.
2. They need 2,000 bricks to finish building the wall.
3. The engineer lost the blueprint.
4. The crane is rented until tomorrow.
5. We need the forklift to get these materials.
6. The wheel barrow is new.
7. This cement is not the best one.

5. Read the text and answer the questions below with your own words:

The Car Accident

Yesterday I saw a car accident. I was standing on the corner, waiting for the green light. The other light changed from green to yellow. Then I saw a sports car. The man driving it was very fast. He wanted to get through the yellow light but when he got closer it turned red. On the other street, a tow truck started to move forward. The driver of the sports car tried to stop but it was too late. He smashed into the side of the tow truck. The man in the sports car got out of his car very slowly. He had a cut on his head and he was stumbling around. The man in the tow truck was not hurt. He called an ambulance with his cellphone. By then a crowd was gathering. Some people were watching from the distance, others were helping the injured man. Then the ambulance arrived. The paramedics put the injured man on a stretcher and drove him to the hospital.

NEW WORDS:

to stand - pôr de pé; suster; sustentar; colocar; aguentar; honrar; manter-se; permanecer

to smash - esmagar; romper, quebrar; destruir (-se); amassar; falir; bater; chocar-se

to stumble - tropeçar, falhar, fracassar

to gather - reunir, recolher, colher; acumular; juntar, unir; entender

stretcher - maca

1. When did the accident happen?
2. Where did the person see the accident from?
3. What did the sports car do?
4. What happened when the tow truck started to move?
5. What did the tow truck driver do after the accident?
6. Did anybody get hurt?
7. Where did the injured man have to go?
8. Now it's your turn to retell the same story but with your own words.

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