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Which tense is difficult for many non-native speakers to master because many languages don't have an equivalent?
Which tense is difficult for many non-native speakers to master because many languages don't have an equivalent?
- Present tense
- Past perfect tense
- Future tense
- Past progressive tense (correct)
When is the past progressive tense used?
When is the past progressive tense used?
- To describe an action that will happen in the present
- To describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past (correct)
- To describe an action that happened in the present
- To describe an action that will happen in the future
What does the past progressive tense describe when used in a sentence?
What does the past progressive tense describe when used in a sentence?
- An action that started in the past and was interrupted by another action (correct)
- An action that happened after the past
- An action that happened before the past
- An action that happened at the same time in the past
What is the word order in a sentence when using the past progressive tense?
What is the word order in a sentence when using the past progressive tense?
How is the past progressive tense formed?
How is the past progressive tense formed?
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Study Notes
The Past Progressive Tense
- The past progressive tense is difficult for many non-native speakers to master because many languages don't have an equivalent.
- The past progressive tense is used to describe an ongoing action that started before a specific time in the past and continued up to that time.
- The past progressive tense describes an action that was in progress at a specific point in the past, emphasizing the ongoing nature of the action.
- The word order in a sentence when using the past progressive tense is: Subject + was/were + present participle (ing form) of the verb.
- The past progressive tense is formed using the auxiliary verb was/were (depending on the subject) and the present participle (ing form) of the main verb.
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