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9.3.1.1 Formation du simple past continuous (le prétérit continu)

Comme nous l' avons déjà dit dans le chapitre sur le simple present, la forme continue est toujours formée avec la forme de to be correspondante. Il en est de même avec le simple past. On forme le simple past continuous avec le simple past du verbeauxiliaire to be.

Exemples
forme de 'to be'	+ verbe principal	+ Redoublement de la consonne	+ suffixe -ing	= past continuous
I was	read		ing	I was reading
you were	jump		ing	you were jumping
he was	buy		ing	he was buying
we were	sell		ing	we were selling
you were	wait		ing	you were waiting
they were	write		ing	they were writing

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