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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Choosing the right tense
Hello, could you please help me to put the verbs in brackets in the correct past tense?
His wife (cheat on) him for over 5 months and he did not know about it.
I (write) this letter for an hour.
I (use) this car for three years.
His wife (cheat on) him for over 5 months and he did not know about it.
I (write) this letter for an hour.
I (use) this car for three years.
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Hi -
You need to try to do this first yourself.
Then someone will come and review your answer.
You need to try to do this first yourself.
Then someone will come and review your answer.
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His wife cheated on him for over 5 months and he did not know about it.
I wrote this letter for an hour.
I used this car for three years.
For past simple it should be like this.
I wrote this letter for an hour.
I used this car for three years.
For past simple it should be like this.
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I would choose past progressive in all the sentences.
His wife was cheating on him for over 5 months and he did not know about it.
I was writing this letter for an hour.
I was using the same car for 3 years.
Is it corret?
His wife was cheating on him for over 5 months and he did not know about it.
I was writing this letter for an hour.
I was using the same car for 3 years.
Is it corret?
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AnonymousI would choose past progressive in all the sentences.His wife was cheating on him for over 5 months and he did not know about it. I was writing this letter for an hour.I was using the same car for 3 years. Is it corret?All of them could use more than one tense, depending on the meaning.
The first works with simple past, past progress, or p
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