⇒⇒ Past continuous
Complete the sentence below using ''was'' or ''were'' em: "Shirley was waiting for you at the mall."
a. waren't
b. wasn't √
c. were
d. was √
Alternativas corretas letras ''b'' ou ''d''
Justificativa: Como você não especificou se tinha que estar na negativa ou na afirmativa, as duas alternativas estão corretas.
"Shirley was waiting for you at the mall."
Shirley estava esperando por você no shopping.
"Shirley wasn't waiting for you at the mall."
Shirley não estava esperando por você no shopping.
Explicação:
⇒⇒ Past continuous >> descreve ações que estavam / não estavam acontecendo em algum momento do passado.
was >> usado com I - he - she - it
were >> usado com We - you - they
→ Estrutura do past continuous - afirmativa
Subject + was / were + verbo -ing + complemento
She was studying when she saw the dog.
Ela estava estudando quando ela viu o cachorro.
The kids were playing soccer Sunday morning.
As crianças estavam jogando futebol no domingo de manhã.
→ Estrutura past continuous - interrogativa
was / were + sujeito + verbo -ing + complemento
Were you playing soccer?
Você estava jogando futebol?
Was John studying English?
O John estava estudando inglês?
→ Estrutura past continuous - negativa
sujeito + was / were + not + verbo -ing + complemento
John was not running at the park.
John não estava correndo no park.
They were not riding a bike last night.
Eles não estavam andando de bicicleta ontem à noite.
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