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Alexandremelo Posted 14 years ago
Teaching

past continuous

what kind of problems do students might have with the form of past continuous related to interruption . example: I was looking through the ads when I saw........
  

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, when it is not expressing a background action for another past action: I was looking ... when I saw ...

— Mister Micawber

  • , when it is not expressing a background action for another past action: I was looking ...
  • when I saw ...
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The main problem I have noticed is that students want to use it when it is not called for, i.e., when it is not expressing a background action for another past action: I was looking...when I saw...
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what about the word PROMOTION. what kind of problems students might have with the form and what would be the possible solutions?
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I see no particular problem with the word 'promotion'. Do you?
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