THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE (ALSO CALLED THE PAST PROGRESSIVE) How can we make the past continuous? Firstly, check that you know how to make thepast simple with 'be'(subject + was / were). Then just add verb-ing. Click here to download this explanation as a PDF. ...
Simple Present vs Continuous Simple Past Tense Past Continuous Tense Subject Exercises: Present Progressive Video Quiz 1 - Present Continuous Exercises 1 - Present Continuous Exercises 2 Present Continuous Positive Form Exercise Simple Present / Past / Past Continuous Past Continuous: Past Continuous ...
The past progressive is used to refer to an action that was ongoing in the past (e.g., “I was sleeping”).
(ALSO CALLED THE PAST PROGRESSIVE) Download this explanation in PDF here. Read about how to make the past continuous here. 1: An action in the past which overlaps another action or a time. The action in the past continuous starts before and often continues after the other shorter action or...
The simple past tense is averbform used to refer to an action or series of actions that were completed in the past. The simple past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding “-ed” to the infinitive form of the verb (e.g., “cook” becomes “cooked”). Most verbs in the simple...
Since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994, global initiatives like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have evolved from simple population control to a comprehensive focus on human rights, social justice, and sustainable...
The Progressive Imperfect Tense Usage: Discusses what was occurring during a past event You can employ the imperfect form of estar (to be) plus the gerund in Brazilian Portuguese to talk about something that was ongoing/continuing in the past. This is particularly common in speech. Estávamos ...
PastSimpleorPastContinuous Worksheet2 CompletethesentenceswiththewordsinparenthesesusingtheSIMPLEPASTor thePASTPROGRESSIVE: 1.Christine___(eat)dinnerlastnightwhenyou ___(knock)onthedoor. 2.I___(begin)tostudyatninelastnightandI ___(still/study
After the lecture, Willrich spoke with PhD candidate Anotida Chikumbu about his career, the Progressive Era, and his book American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle Between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century (Basic Books, 2023). Willrich (left) and Chi...
Perfect progressive tensesSvenha estado bailandotoda la noche.Sven has been dancing all night. The Past Participle Versus the Infinitive Most of the time, the past participle is also not used as a noun (except when it is; see above). Instead, use theinfinitive. ...