1. Unit 9
Touchstone 2B

2. Unit 9
Grammar
Past Progressive

3. Past Progressive
Uses Form Spelling Exceptions

4. Past Progressive
Uses Form Spelling Exceptions
• Puts emphasis on the course of an action
in the past.
• Two actions happening at the same time
(in the past).
• Action going on at a certain time in the
past.

5. Past Progressive
Uses Form Spelling Exceptions
Was Were
I You
He We
She They
It

6. Past Progressive
Uses Form Spelling Exceptions
Postive Negative
I was playing I was not playing
You were playing You were not playing

7. Past Progressive
Uses Form Spelling Exceptions
Question
Was I playing?
Were you playing?

8. Past Progressive
Uses Form Spelling Exceptions
Examples
He was eating -------------- He was not eating ------------Was he eating?
They were running -------They were not running-------Were they running?

9. Past Progressive
Uses Form Spelling Exceptions
Exceptions in spelling when adding ING
• Final e is dropped (but: ee is not changed)
• Ex: Come – coming
• Agree - agree

10. Past Progressive
Uses Form Spelling Exceptions
Exceptions in spelling when adding ING
• Aftee a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is
doubled.
• Ex: Sit - Sitting

11. Past Progressive
Uses Form Spelling Exceptions
Exceptions in spelling when adding ING
• As final consonant after a vowel is
doubled.
• Ex: Travel - Travelling

12. Past Progressive
Uses Form Spelling Exceptions
Exceptions in spelling when adding ING
• Final ie becomes y
• Ex: Lie - Lying