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2012年6月20日 · Using the past continuous suggests simultaneous conditions. You are setting the scene, painting a picture, describing the condition of the village 100 years ago: One hundred years ago this village was very poor. (During that time,) many people were leaving to find a living abroad. The villagers' way of life was becoming increasingly obsolete.
2014年8月10日 · We use past continuous to emphasize "the fact" that an action continued for a long time in the past. The fact is always used as a framwork or background. eg.He was studying all day yesterday. He tackled each of the questions with determination. We use past continuous to talk about actions or...
2014年3月30日 · Mar 30, 2014. #2. "already" expresses something had been done. .. or something was happening. -I was already thinking about my next vacation. -The water was already boiling before she added the noodles. -The children were so excited they were already waiting in the car. Yes, we often think of already in relation to perfect tenses - we have ...
2013年9月16日 · My son's teacher taught him that whenever he sees phrases like "all day yesterday", "all morning yesterday" or "all morning last week", use past continuous tense. Everything else is wrong. For example: Peter ______ (study) all day yesterday. Because of the expression "all day yesterday"...
2013年10月12日 · I prefer the simple past in your example. Although the present continuous is also possible in that sentence, you are not obligated to use a continuous tense after the word "throughout". I don't think the present perfect makes any sense in the sentence. Since you've mentioned that he is no longer in his twenties, there shouldn't be any need for ...
2019年11月20日 · 1. I felt a sharp pain in my knee just as/when I crossed the finishing line. -> I crossed the line and then I felt the pain. 2. I felt a sharp pain in my knee just as/ when I was crossing the finishing line. -> I was in the middle of crossing the line when I felt the pain. So I was crossing the finishing line feeling the pain.
2021年4月19日 · British English. Apr 19, 2021. #2. "Was shaking" is fine. In a past tense narrative, "now" can be used for the time setting at that point in the story, which is, of course, in the past. It is common to use continuous verb forms for saying what happens/happened at a particular time, so the past continuous is often used with "now" in a past tense ...
2008年10月23日 · The past perfect continuous/progressive simply identifies an action that began before another past action; in a timeline, it would be: past perfect progressive--->simple past--->moment of speaking. Whether or not the past progressive ended before the simple past is a different matter, which depends entirely on the meaning of the verbs involved.
2011年3月26日 · Senior Member. South Carolina / USA. English - American. Mar 26, 2011. #4. Mayoide said: Well, I think the best option is with past simple, visited, but past continuous could be possible too. Past simple. You'd need more context if you used continuous: "When I was younger, I was visiting the city of Manchester on the same day that there was a ...
2010年4月24日 · If I had not been fired Conditional. would have been Past Future Perfect. working Continuous. All the qualities of the Past Future Perfect Continuous Tense are here. All action starts and stops in the past. Been working is continuous and "If" is conditional. T.
