#past continuous

Tempos verbais em inglês

Nos próximos posts eu vou explicar e apresentar cada um dos tempos verbais existentes na Língua Inglesa. Porém, por enquanto, trouxe para vocês todos os tempos verbais juntos para que a gente faça um comparativo entre cada um deles

PRESENTE

Verbo utilizado: live (viver)

Simple Present (Presente Simples) - remete à uma ação que ocorre no presente, a um fato, um hábito

I live in this house. (Eu vivo nessa casa)

She lives in this house. (Ela vive nessa casa)

They live in this house.  (Eles vivem nessa casa)

Present Continuous (Presente Contínuo) - remete uma ação que acontece agora ou acontecerá em um futuro breve

I am living in this house. (Eu estou vivendo nessa casa)

He is living in this house. (Ele está vivendo nessa casa)

You are living in this house. (Vocês estão vivendo nessa casa)

Present Perfect (Presente Perfeito) - remete à uma ação que começou no passado e ainda ocorre ou ainda se verifica como relevante

I have lived in this house my whole life. (Eu vivi/vivo nessa casa a minha a vida toda)

She has lived in this house for a long time. (Ela viveu nessa casa por um longo tempo)

You have lived in this house for a long time. (Vocês viveram nessa casa por um longo tempo)

PASSADO

Verbo utilizado: go

Simple Past (Passado Simples) - uma ação que ocorreu e terminou no passado.

I went to my boyfriend's house yesterday. (Fui à casa do meu namorado ontem)

He went to his boyfriend's house yesterday. (Ele foi à casa do namorado dele ontem)

They went to my house yesterday. (Eles foram à minha casa ontem)

Past Continuous (Passado Contínuo) - uma ação do passado que não foi finalizada, estava em processo

I was going to my house when I saw my friend in the street. (Eu estava indo para a minha casa quando eu vi o meu amigo na rua)

He was going to his house when he saw his friend in the street. (Ele estava indo para a casa dele quando ele viu o seu amigo na rua)

You were going to home when you saw your friends in the street. (Vocês estavam indo para a casa quando viram seus amigos na rua)

Past Perfect (Passado Perfeito) - uma ação que ocorreu no passado antes de uma outra ação ocorrer

I had gone home when you called me. (Eu tinha ido para casa quando você me ligou)

She had gone home when they called her. (Ela tinha ido para casa quando eles ligaram para ela)

They had gone home when you called them. (Eles tinham ido para casa quando vocês ligaram para eles)

FUTURO

Verbo utilizado: study

Simple Future com o "will" - algo que de fato acontecerá

I will study in this month. (Eu vou estudar neste mês)

She will study in this month. (Ela vai estudar neste mês)

They will study in this month. (Eles vão estudar neste mês)

Simple Future com o verbo to be + o "going to" - algo que foi planejado a acontecer ou quando se chega a uma conclusão sobre alguma coisa

I am going to study in this weekend. (Vou estudar nessa semana)

She is going to study in this weekend. (Ela vai estudar nessa semana)

They are going to study in this weekend. (Eles vão estudar nessa semana)

Simple Future com o verbo to be + "ing" - ação que ocorrerá no futuro e que está prestes a acontecer.

I am studying in a few minutes. (Vou estudar em alguns minutos)

She is studying in a few minutes. (Ela vai estudar em alguns minutos)

"If you were wondering how you got here, wonder no more."

The sentence "If you were wondering how I got here, wonder no more" contains several grammatical elements, primarily involving conditionals, tenses, and imperatives. Here's a breakdown:

Conditional Clause:

"If you were wondering how I got here"

This is a second conditional (hypothetical) clause. The past tense "were wondering" suggests a hypothetical or past action. The speaker assumes the listener might have wondered but is now addressing it.

Past Progressive Tense:

"were wondering"

This is in the past progressive tense, indicating an ongoing action in the past (you were in the process of wondering).

Imperative Mood:

"wonder no more"

The second part is an imperative, giving a command or instruction. The speaker is telling the listener to stop wondering.

The combination of these elements creates a sentence where a hypothetical situation in the past (you might have wondered) is followed by a direct command (stop wondering).

"If you were wondering how Starship is able to change directions when landing, this is how they gimbal the engines."

No, the sentence "If you were wondering how Starship is able to change directions when landing" is not an example of a mixed conditional. It doesn't fully qualify as a conditional sentence in the first place, but rather it introduces a conditional clause ("If you were wondering…") without completing the thought or offering a result clause.

Here’s why this sentence is not a mixed conditional:

Incomplete Conditional:

The sentence starts with an "if" clause but doesn’t provide a result or consequence, which would typically follow in a complete conditional sentence (e.g., "If you were wondering how Starship is able to change directions when landing, let me explain" or "If you were wondering how Starship is able to change directions, now you know.").

No Mixed Time Frames:

A mixed conditional involves two different time frames: one for the condition and another for the result. For instance, a past condition affecting a present result, or a present condition affecting a past result.

In your sentence, the time frame in both parts (hypothetical past "were wondering" and present "is able to change") refers to a consistent timeline, without any clear interaction between different time frames.

Example of Mixed Conditional:

If you had wondered how Starship changes directions (past condition), you would now understand (present result).

Here, the wondering took place in the past, but the result (understanding) is in the present.