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English Grammar – Introduction to Past Progressive
For beginner English learners — an introduction to the past progressive tense. This tense describes an action that was in progress at some point in the past. The past progressive tense is very useful in English when you want to recount events or tell stories about things that have happened to you.
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can I ask you when I should use I was watting for you.
and when I should use I have been watting for you.
The situation is if I am having a date with someone and I whant to tell him …….
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Hello. I’m Hang. I’m from Vietnam. I’d like you to help me this
“It…….(rain) all day yesterday” what exact tense can we use here”
I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks a lot.
Hi Hang,
In this case, you can use a variety of tenses. Here they are:
“It rained all day yesterday.”
“It was raining all day yesterday.”
“It had rained all day yesterday.”
“It had been raining all day yesterday.”
The first one is the one you were probably looking for.
Thanks alot for your teaching and i would like to learn from you about active and passive. Thanks again.
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sir Alex, i’m not agree with this phrase: While he was swimming, i was reading.
if i understood something in English i will say: While he was swimming, I read(past tense).
While+past continuous, past tense. Wright or wrong?????
Hi amine,
Both ways are correct.
Thank you very much for the lesson
I’d be very grateful to you, if you could take up a lesson about “Past Perfect Continues”.Also could you explain the differences between “past Perfect Continues and Past Continues”
your response will be highly appreciated
what is the difference between
“Tracy was reading a book yesterday” or
“Tracy had been reading a book ”
thank you in advance
Past perfect and past perfect progressive sentences, like “Tracy had read a book yesterday,” or “Tracy had been reading a book yesterday,” are generally used to talk about an event in the PAST past. Essentially, you can use them to talk about an event that happened BEFORE another event in the past. Sometimes though, there is very little difference in meaning.
cxellent,today is the first time I can understad this difference.
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what is the difference between
“Tracy was reading a book yesterday” or
“Tracy had been reading a book ”
thank you in advance
tracy was reading a book yestrday is past progressive.
and tracy had been reading a book is past prefect progressive.
Past perfect and past perfect progressive sentences, like “Tracy had read a book yesterday,” or “Tracy had been reading a book yesterday,” are generally used to talk about an event in the PAST past. Essentially, you can use them to talk about an event that happened BEFORE another event in the past. Sometimes though, there is very little difference in meaning.
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sir can we says that past proggressive talk about an finishd action
soryyyy unfinishd action
Correct. It was in progress at some moment in the past. Of course, it is finished NOW, but it was in progress and was unfinished in the past.
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I still dont understand the different between washed the dishes and was washing the dishes as in both the dishes were done and thats it.
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i don’t understand, what’s the difference with simple past??? somebody help me…. please… because in the thirth example Alex use a phrase that it was finished in the past: they were singing very loudly… it was in the past and it finished, not is happening !!! i dont understand.. thank you
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I have a doubt in following example and please let me out on this doubts.
You are free now or Are you free now
Which one is correct and usually are will come before you/we as per rule of English.
I agree that “are you free now?” might be correct due to we are expressing as question term. At the same time if i say
What are you doing on my system? or else if i say
What you are doing on my system? Which term is to be correct?
I keen to here answer for above mentioned doubts.
Warm Regards,
Mohammed Shahith (India)
Mohammed, “You are free now” is an affirmation and “Are you free now” is a question. The more correct write is Are you free now? About the second question, I think that the first is correct. I am not a teacher but I always want help the others members of this site when I can.
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please help me what is a different between past progressive and past perfect?
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how to use would in past tense..
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Could you tell me what is the difference past tense and past perfect tense?
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Thanks Alex but I have a question here please
May I say …….I was walking while my friend Chris ran
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thank you very much for this lesson, but can you tell us when we should use the past simple and when we should use the past continuous??
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is the use of the past continous for more than 1 action? because i know it’s use:
1- to express apast action in progress when another action took place.
2-to express 2 actions that were happening at the same time.
3-to express an activity in progress during atime in the past.
So, ” i was watching t.v” how is this example expesses the past continous however there is 1 action which is watcing? plz answer me
Thanks for your good lesson about “PAST PROGRESSIVE”.
Simple and clear, thanks Alex
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