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Sd309515 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Use of simple past and past continues

Hi, nice to meet you guys here, I just started learning English a few days ago, it is even harder than learning my mother language, so, I need your help now.Emotion: embarrassed

The sentence below was copyed from a [simple past and past continues exercise], I don't know how to form the verb 'live' correctly into the lines, please post your answer and the explanation. Thank you.

Samantha (live)___in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live) ___there when the Berlin Wall came down.
  

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sd309515 I just started learning English a few days ago In that case you have made astonishingly good progress! sd309515 please post your answer and the explanation. With textbook/homework exercises like this, the way this forum usually works is that you try to answer first, then post your answer and ask for confirmation/comments.

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  • sd309515 I just started learning English a few days ago In that case you have made astonishingly good progress!
  • sd309515 please post your answer and the explanation.
  • With textbook/homework exercises like this, the way this forum usually works is that you try to answer first, then post your answer and ask for confirmation/comments.
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sd309515I just started learning English a few days ago
In that case you have made astonishingly good progress!
sd309515please post your answer and the explanation.
With textbook/homework exercises like this, the way this forum usually works is that you try to answer first, then post your answer and ask for confirmation/comme
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sd309515Samantha (live)___in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live) ___there when the Berlin Wall came down.
According to the exercise, you only have two choices for each blank.

lived (simple past) and was living (past continuous).

One of these must go in each blank.

Let me give you some graphic informat
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Thank you guys for taking time out of your day to answer my question.

This is my answer to the question:

Samantha (live)lived in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live) was living there when the Berlin Wall came down.

CJ, the graphic you gave me helped me to understand how an event progresses in time line.

Thanks a lot.
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sd309515Thank you guys for taking time out of your day to answer my question.
This is my answer to the question:
Samantha (live)lived in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live) was living there when the Berlin Wall came down.
CJ, the graphic you gave me helped me to understand how an event progresses in time line.
Thanks a lot.
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