The document discusses the present progressive and past progressive tenses. It provides examples of sentences using these tenses, such as "It's noon now. Angie is eating lunch" for present progressive and "I saw her at noon yesterday. She was eating lunch" for past progressive. It also covers using while clauses with the past progressive tense and the differences between using while and when in past time clauses.
1. 9-9 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAST
PROGRESSIVE
It is 7P.M. now.
Alexis is shopping.
Yesterday at 7P.M.,
Alexis was shopping.
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2. 9-9 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAST
PROGRESSIVE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
(a) It’s noon now. Angie is eating lunch.
PAST PROGRESSIVE
(b) I saw her at noon yesterday.
She was eating lunch.
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3. 9-9 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAST
PROGRESSIVE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE FORM:
AM + -ING
(c) It’s noon. I am eating lunch.
IS + -ING
It’s noon. Jung is eating lunch.
ARE + -ING
It’s noon. We are eating lunch.
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4. 9-9 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAST
PROGRESSIVE
PAST PROGRESSIVE FORM:
(d) It was noon.
WAS + -ING
Jung was eating lunch.
WERE + -ING
We were going to class.
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5. 9-9 Let’s Practice
look
When I saw my teacher,
she ___________ at her
was looking
watch. She was late.
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6. 9-9 Let’s Practice
take
When I arrived, the students
were taking
__________the test.
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7. 9-9 Let’s Practice
sit
When the class started, he
_________ in his seat.
was sitting
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8. 9-9 Let’s Practice
start
end
Mary went to her yoga
class last night. The
class _______ at 5:00
started
and ______ at 7:00.
ended
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9. 9-10 USING WHILE WITH THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
She had fun while she was flying.
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10. 9-10 USING WHILE WITH THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
(a) She had fun while she was flying.
(b) While she was flying, she had fun.
while + subject + verb = a time clause
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11. 9-10 USING WHILE WITH THE PAST PROGRESSIVE
(a) She had fun while she was flying.
(b) While she was flying, she had fun.
activity in progress
activity happened
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12. 9-10 Let’s Practice
He was fixing his car.
He hurt his back.
While ___________ his car,
he was fixing
he _________his back.
hurt
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13. 9-10 Let’s Practice
It started snowing.
I was driving to work.
I was driving to work
While ____________________,
it started snowing
________________.
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14. 9-10 Let’s Practice
He was running to work.
He looked at his watch.
was running to work
While he _________________,
he looked at his watch
___________________.
He looked at his watch
___________________ while
he was running to work
_______________________.
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15. 9-11 WHILE vs. WHEN IN PAST TIME CLAUSES
The mouse appeared while
I was studying.
I was studying when
the mouse appeared.
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16. 9-11 WHILE vs. WHEN IN PAST TIME CLAUSES
(a) The news was on while I was working.
(b) While I was working, the news was on.
while-clause verb often past progressive
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17. 9-11 WHILE vs. WHEN IN PAST TIME CLAUSES
(a) The news was on while I was working.
(b) While I was working, the news was on.
(c) When I worked, the news was on.
(d) The news was on when I worked.
when-clause verb often simple past
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18. 9-11 Let’s Practice
watch
watch ring
While I ____________ the news
was watching
this morning, my cell phone ____.
rang
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19. 9-11 Let’s Practice
watch ring
When my phone ____,
rang
I ___________ TV.
was watching
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20. 9-11 Let’s Practice
work saw
Ben was working hard
__________
when I ____ him today.
saw
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21. 9-12 SIMPLE PAST vs. PAST PROGRESSIVE
Kyung emailed me
last week.
I was studying when
Kyung emailed me.
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22. 9-12 SIMPLE PAST vs. PAST PROGRESSIVE
Simple Past
(a) Kyung emailed me this morning.
(b) I studied for two hours on Monday.
(c) We visited my mom on Saturday.
(d) They watched a movie last night.
began and ended
at a time in the past
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23. 9-12 SIMPLE PAST vs. PAST PROGRESSIVE
Past Progressive
(e) I was cooking when Jill came over
last night.
(f) While I was cooking last night, Jill
came over.
activity in progress when
another action happened
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24. 9-12 SIMPLE PAST vs. PAST PROGRESSIVE
(g) I ordered dinner when the waiter came over.
second first
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25. 9-12 SIMPLE PAST vs. PAST PROGRESSIVE
COMPARE
1 2
(h) When the movie ended, I walked out.
2 1
(i) When the movie ended, I was walking
out.
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