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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Q16: An event, an action, an activity (What's the difference between them, please?)

Hello teachers, 

Could you please tell me the difference between an action, an activity, and an event?

Do they mean more or less the same thing or is there any significant difference between them?

Thank you. 
  

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Laborious an action, an activity, and an event An event is what happens or happened. What happened? requires an event as an answer.

  • Laborious an action, an activity, and an event An event is what happens or happened.
  • What happened?
  • requires an event as an answer.
  • The clock fell off the wall.
  • It rained yesterday.
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Laboriousan action, an activity, and an event
An event is what happens or happened.

What happened? requires an event as an answer.

The clock fell off the wall.
It rained yesterday.
Mary stole Jack's wallet.
The plane took off.
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An action is a kind of event, ty

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