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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Past tense simple and continuous
it`s correct: "
George and Harry were playing yesterday when it started to rain"
George and Harry were playing yesterday when it started to rain"
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Very good! m. m.
- Very good!
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- So they were playing (in the middle of doing something) when the rain started.
- Another example: I started to eat dinner last night at 6:45.
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Very good! George and Harry started to play yesterday at 1 p.m. It started to rain at 1:15 p.m. So they were playing (in the middle of doing something) when the rain started. Another example: I started to eat dinner last night at 6:45. You called me at 7 o'clock. So I was eating dinner (for fifteen minutes) when you called me.
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