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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
I would like to know the uses of past progressive
Dear Teachers,
I would like to know how the past progressive tense works, and when it is correct to use it, in contradiction to the simple past tense?
Moreover, I would like to get a terse explanation about 'present perfect progressive', I'm not even sure about the tense's name.
I'm convined that it is somehow called 'present perfect progressive'.
Thanks!
I would like to know how the past progressive tense works, and when it is correct to use it, in contradiction to the simple past tense?
Moreover, I would like to get a terse explanation about 'present perfect progressive', I'm not even sure about the tense's name.
I'm convined that it is somehow called 'present perfect progressive'.
Thanks!
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a continuous) tense to say what we were in the middle of doing at a point in time in the past. Here is the structure of the past progressive tense : object + was/were + -ing form of a base verb. Q: What did you / they do at 5:00PM yesterday?
- a continuous) tense to say what we were in the middle of doing at a point in time in the past.
- Here is the structure of the past progressive tense : object + was/were + -ing form of a base verb.
- Q: What did you / they do at 5:00PM yesterday?
- (a point in time in the past) A: I was working in my office / They were playing basketball.
- (in the middle of working) You can learn much more about other tenses by using the search feature provided for this site.
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Hi,
We use the past progressive (a.k.a continuous) tense to say what we were in the middle of doing at a point in time in the past. Here is the structure of the past progressive tense :
object + was/were + -ing form of a base verb.
Q: What did you / they do at 5:00PM yesterday? (a point
We use the past progressive (a.k.a continuous) tense to say what we were in the middle of doing at a point in time in the past. Here is the structure of the past progressive tense :
object + was/were + -ing form of a base verb.
Q: What did you / they do at 5:00PM yesterday? (a point
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Thank you very much.
Consider these, though:
It ____ (rain)heavily. (was raining/rained)?
How can you choose the correct answer between the aformentioned given chioces, if both sound pretty much equivalent to my ears?
Consider these, though:
It ____ (rain)heavily. (was raining/rained)?
How can you choose the correct answer between the aformentioned given chioces, if both sound pretty much equivalent to my ears?
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Before posting, do a search (top right Search box) with
past progressive
past progressive simple progressive
or
past progressive MrPedantic
(if you want threads in which MrPedantic, one of the gurus here, has posted on the past progressive)
and you'll find many threads on the same subject. Read them.
past progressive
past progressive simple progressive
or
past progressive MrPedantic
(if you want threads in which MrPedantic, one of the gurus here, has posted on the past progressive)
and you'll find many threads on the same subject. Read them.
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it was raining heavily.
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