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Rokky Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

"Was going" with verb "work"

So I had an exam 2 days ago, my teacher gave it to us, because the same one we will have to pass in the end of secondary school, which is in a month. On the exam there was a sentence, which I had to complete with the words given: My friend (work) in Ireland last year.

So my first thought was "worked", cause for sure it can't be present perfect. But as I remember, verbs like wait, practice, and probably work, rather exist with -ing. So I decided to give was working. The question is - was I right? Or both of those options were correct?

  

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Rokky My friend (work) in Ireland last year. There are two possibilities: My friend worked in Ireland last year. My friend was working in Ireland last year.

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  • Rokky My friend (work) in Ireland last year.
  • There are two possibilities: My friend worked in Ireland last year.
  • My friend was working in Ireland last year.
  • I would guess the "correct" choice is worked , unless that was not one of your choices.
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RokkyMy friend (work) in Ireland last year.

There are two possibilities:

My friend worked in Ireland last year.
My friend was working in Ireland last year.

I would guess the "correct" choice is worked, unless that was not one of your choices.

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