⇒⇒ Past Continuous
“In 1895, physicist Wilhelm Röntgen was performing a routine experiment with cathode rays”.
De acordo com a gramática, podemos afirmar que o tempo verbal é o passado contínuo / past continuous.
a) presente simples
b) presente contínuo
c) passado simples
d) passado contínuo ✅
e) passado perfeito
Explicação:
➡️ Past Continuous >> descreve ações que estavam acontecendo no passado ao mesmo tempo em que outro fato acontecia ou tinha acabado de acontecer.
Exemplos:
They were going to the club last Sunday when it started to rain.
Eles estavam indo ao clube domingo passado quando começou a chover.
John was reading a book while his brother was playing video game.
John estava lendo um livro enquanto seu irmão estava jogando video game.
Obs.: note que as duas frases são ligadas por ''when'' ou ''while''
Estrutura
was >> usado com I - he - she - it
were >> usado com we - you - they
Sujeito + was / were + verbo -ing + when + verbo passado
She was studying when she saw the dog.
Sujeito + was / were + verbo -ing + while + verbo -ing
David was sleeping while his father was watching TV.
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