[color=red]الماضى المستمر والماضى التام[/color]

Past Continuous and Past Perfect

الماضي المستمر والماضي التام

Past continuous statements\ negative statements:

I\He\She
was\wasn’t
reading.

You\We\They
were\weren’t


Wh – questions:

What
was
I\he\she
reading?

Where
were
you\we\they


Yes\No questions and short answers:

Was
I\he\she
working?

Where
you\we\they




Yes, I → was

Yes, We → were

No, I → wasn’t

No, We → Weren’t



Use the past continuous for:

استخدم الماضي المستمر في الأغراض الآتية

· Something in progress when an action took place.
When he arrived, I was reading.

· Past actions happening at the same time.

While he was working as a journalist, Dickens was writing magazine stories.

Past perfect statements\negative statements:

جمل خبرية وجمل في النفي في الزمن الماضي التام:

I\You\He\She\We\They → Had\hadn’t visited → London before.

Wh – questions:



What → had → I\you\he\she\we\they → watched on TV?

Yes\No questions and short answers:





Had → I\you\he\she\we\they → visited London before?

Yes, he → had

No, he → hadn't

Use the past perfect to show which of two actions\events in the past happened first:

يستخدم الماضي التام ليبين آي من الحدثين تم قبل الحدث الآخر:

· Dickens’s father went to prison because he had got into debt.

(Past) (Perfect)

(First: Dickens’s father got into debt second: Dickens’ father went to prison)

Common errors: أخطاء شائعة

Correct صواب
Wrong خطأ
Notes ملاحظات

When we arrived, the match had started.
When we arrived, the match was started
The past perfect is had past participle.

They had known each other for two years before they became friends.
They were knowing each other for two years before they became friends.
Know is one of the verbs that is not usually used in the continuous form.

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