I was taking a nap/I've been taking a nap
Hi teachers, are all four underscored options natural in the dialog below? Which two would you find most natural?
Dialog:
Man 1: I'm trapped in your basement.
Man 2: You've been down there all this time? / this whole time? I locked the basement four hours ago. Why haven't you called me before now?
Man 1: Because I was taking a nap / I've been taking a nap. I didn't know you had even left until I woke up two minutes ago.
Man 2: I'll be there in five minutes.
Top answer
anonymous Which two would you find most natural? all this time I was taking a nap The others are OK too, but I don't find them as natural. CJ
- anonymous Which two would you find most natural?
- all this time I was taking a nap The others are OK too, but I don't find them as natural.
- CJ
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anonymousWhich two would you find most natural?
all this time
I was taking a nap
The others are OK too, but I don't find them as natural.
CJ
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