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Grapepark Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Past tense of Skateboarding

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What's the simple past tense of this sentence?
"I'm skateboarding"
  

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Hi 'Skateboard' is used as a regular verb, so you can put -ed at the end (simple) or you can use 'did' if you want to emphasise it as a past event .. - I skateboarded - I did skateboard, but I had terrible accidents - I did skateboard last summer - I might have another try this year - Believe it or not - yes - I did skateboard! Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi 'Skateboard' is used as a regular verb, so you can put -ed at the end (simple) or you can use 'did' if you want to emphasise it as a past event ..
  • - I skateboarded - I did skateboard, but I had terrible accidents - I did skateboard last summer - I might have another try this year - Believe it or not - yes - I did skateboard!
  • Dave
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Hi

'Skateboard' is used as a regular verb, so you can put -ed at the end (simple) or you can use 'did' if you want to emphasise it as a past event ..

- I skateboarded

- I did skateboard, but I had terrible accidents

- I did skateboard last summer - I might have another try this year

- Believe it or not - yes - I did skateboard!

Dave
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In English the present and past have three forms, simple, continuous, and emphatic:

I skateboard every day. (simple present)
I am skateboarding every day (present continuous)
I do skateboard every day. (present emphatic)

I skateboarded every day. (simple past)
I was skateboarding every day. (past continuous)
I did skateboard every day. (past emphatic)
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