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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Hello, I found this sentence. She wanted to stay at home because she was revising for the exam.

Could we also use the past simple here? She wanted to stay at home because she revised for the exam?
  

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Hi, I found this sentence. She wanted to stay at home because she was revising for the exam. Could we also use the past simple here?

— Clive

  • Hi, I found this sentence.
  • She wanted to stay at home because she was revising for the exam.
  • Could we also use the past simple here?
  • She wanted to stay at home because she revised for the exam?
  • Use the Past Coninuous to express the idea that the 'want' happened during the' revising' activity'.
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Hi,
I found this sentence. She wanted to stay at home because she was revising for the exam.

Could we also use the past simple here? She wanted to stay at home because she revised for the exam?

Use the Past Coninuous to express the idea that the 'want' happened during the' revising' activity'.
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