Past Progressive:
Hier findest du eine Übersicht zur englischen Zeitform Past Progressive.
Die Zeitform Past Progressive wird verwendet, um auszudrücken, dass eine Handlung oder ein Vorgang in der Vergangenheit länger angedauert hat.
Am Schluss der Lerneinheit findest du zahlreiche Übungen, Videos und Übungsblätter.
Bildung:
Die Past Tense Progressive wird gebildet mit:
was/were + Infinitive + ing
Signalwörter:
Grundform:
1.P.EZ.: I was singing.
2.P.EZ.: You were singing.
3.P. EZ.m.: He was singing.
3.P. EZ.w.: She was singing.
3.P. EZ.s.: It was singing.
1.P.MZ.: We were singing.
2.P.MZ.: You were singing.
3.P.MZ.: They were singing.
Fragen:
1.P.EZ.: Was I singing?
2.P.EZ.: Were you singing?
3.P. EZ.m.: Was he singing?
3.P. EZ.w.: Was she singing?
3.P. EZ.s.: Was it singing?
1.P.MZ.: Were we singing?
2.P.MZ.: Were you singing?
3.P.MZ.: Were they singing?
Verneinung:
2.P.EZ.: You were not singing.
3.P. EZ.m.: He was not singing.
3.P. EZ.w.: She was not singing.
3.P. EZ.s.: It was not singing.
1.P.MZ.: We were not singing.
2.P.MZ.: You were not singing.
3.P.MZ.: They were not singing.
Verneinung Kurzform:
2.P.EZ.: You weren’t singing.
3.P. EZ.m.: He wasn’t singing.
3.P. EZ.w.: She wasn’t singing.
3.P. EZ.s.: It wasn’t singing.
1.P.MZ.: We weren’t singing.
2.P.MZ.: You weren’t singing.
3.P.MZ.: They weren’t singing.
Ausnahmen bei -ing Bildung:
a) Stummes “e” entfällt:
make → he was making
write → she was writing
come → they were coming
b) Mitlautverdopplung nach kurzem Selbstlaut:
sit → it was sitting
run → we were running
swim → he was swimming
cut → she was cutting
c) “y” bleibt vor -ing erhalten:
buy → she was buying
play → I was playing
cry → he was crying
fly → they were flying
d) “ie” wird zu “y” :
die → she was dying
lie → I was lying
e) Wichtigsten Verben, die normalerweise kein Past Progressive bilden können:
Zustandsverben: agree, to be, like, hate, hear, imagine, know, need, prefer, promise, realize, remember and see
Verwendung:
a) Für zwei vergangene Handlungen, die gleichzeitig ablaufen.
z.B.: Jim was doing his homework while John was reading a book.
b) Für eine lange Handlung, die von einer kurzen Handlung unterbrochen wird.
z.B.: John was watching TV when suddenly the doorbell rang.
c) Für lang andauernde Handlungen in der Vergangenheit.
z.B.: Frank was playing tennis all the afternoon.
d) Für Handlungen in der Vergangenheit in einer genau definierten Zeitspanne.
z.B.: Last week I was working from three to six in the afternoon.
Tests:
- Past Progressive Bildung allgemein
- Past Progressive Bildung Ausnahme
- Past Progressive Sätze mit when
- Past Progressive Sätze mit while