Grammar Reference:

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Upgrade 1 - Unit 5

• Grammar Reference
• Past Continuous, Possessive Adjectives and
  Possessive Pronouns

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I broke my arm when I was skiing.
I was taking a shower when the phone rang.
I lost my earrings when I was surfing.
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All the previous sentences are in the PAST
CONTINUOUS.
We use it to talk about an action or event that
was happening around a particular time in the
past.
We often use the PAST CONTINUOUS and the SIMPLE
PAST together.
Check the example in the next slide
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I broke my arm when I was skiing.
a c c i d e n t
skiing
FUTURE
PAST
PRESENT
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AFFIRMATIVE FORM
WAS
I
skiing.
WERE
YOU
WAS
HE
SHE
IT
WERE
WE
YOU
THEY
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NEGATIVE FORM
I
not
WAS
skiing.
YOU
WERE
WAS
HE
SHE
IT
WE
WERE
YOU
THEY
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INTERROGATIVE FORM
I
skiing?
WAS
YOU
WERE
HE
SHE
IT
WAS
WE
WERE
YOU
THEY
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In this way, the PAST CONTINUOUS is used to say
that a person was in the middle of a progressive
action in a certain time in the past.
I was taking a shower when the phone rang.
I started taking
I was taking
I finished taking
PAST
PRESENT
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And you?
What were you doing this time yesterday?
What were you doing before this class?
What were you doing before you went to bed
yesterday?
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POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
Show to whom the things belong to.
This is my car.
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
This car is mine.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
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Possessive Adjectives Possessive Pronouns
My Mine
Your Yours
His His
Her Hers
Its Its
Our Ours
Your Yours
Their Theirs
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Yours is in the first alley and ours is right
next to it.
Oh my gosh! Where are our cars?
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My car is so fast!
My car is so much faster than his!