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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Past perfect, past progressive
What's the difference between past perfect and past progressive?
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Past perfect tense verbs show an action that that came directly before another action in the past - Rebecca had studied before she took the test. The prior example uses a simple past perfect verb. Here it is using a progressive past perfect: Rebecca was studying before she took the test.
- Past perfect tense verbs show an action that that came directly before another action in the past - Rebecca had studied before she took the test.
- The prior example uses a simple past perfect verb.
- Here it is using a progressive past perfect: Rebecca was studying before she took the test.
- past perfect -- is a tense.
- progressive describes a type of action.
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Past perfect tense verbs show an action that that came directly before another action in the past -
Rebecca had studied before she took the test. The prior example uses a simple past perfect verb. Here it is using a progressive past perfect: Rebecca was studying before she took the test.
past perfect -- is a tense. progressive describes a type of action.
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Rebecca had studied before she took the test. The prior example uses a simple past perfect verb. Here it is using a progressive past perfect: Rebecca was studying before she took the test.
past perfect -- is a tense. progressive describes a type of action.
I a
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AnonymousWhat's the difference between past perfect and past progressive?Past ............. Past Progressive ............. Past Perfect ......Past Perfect Progressive
took................was taking.......................had taken............had been taking
had.................was having.......................had had...............had been having
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