The Past Continuous Tense زمن الماضى المستمر

[was/were + present participle ( V + ing ) ]

تكوينه :يتكون من [was/were +( V + ing ) ]

:






ماضى بسيط ( الحدث القاطع ) +
When ماضى
مستمر


ماضى مستمر + ماضى
بسيط When

While ماضى بسيط ( الحدث
القاطع لاستمرار الحدث الأول ) + ماضى
مستمرAs Just as

I was watching TV when
she called.
When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.

While we were
having the picnic, it started to rain.
You were not listening
to me when I told you to turn the oven off.
While John was sleeping
last night, someone stole his car.
Samy was waiting for us
when we got off the plane.
While I was writing the email, the
computer suddenly went off
.

· Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner.
· At midnight, we
were still driving through the desert.
· Yesterday at this time, I was sitting at
my desk at work.




·
I was studying
(as, while, just as) he was making dinner.
· (As, While, Just as) she was reading,
her brother was watching television.
· Were you listening (as, while, just as)
he was talking?
· I wasn't paying attention (as, while, just
as) I was writing the letter, so I made several mistakes.

· They were eating dinner, discussing their
plans, and having a good time




عند تحويل زمن الماضى التام
للمبنى للمجهول نتبع القاعدة التالية :
Object
المفعول +(was – were ) +being + P.P
· Active : The salesman was helping
the customer.
· Passive : The customer was being helped by the
salesman.
· Active : They were playing a lot of games .

· Passive : A lot of games were being played
by them