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Past Progressive Tense
Specific time
We use the past progressive tense when we are talking about an action that happened in the past at a specific time.
Examples:
What were you doing at 10:00 yesterday morning?
o I was learning at school.
o I was eating my breakfast.
o I was sleeping.
o At 10:00 o'clock yesterday morning, I was feeding the dog.
The word "will" cannot be used immediately after the word "If".
Example: If I go to the market, I will buy tomatoes.
If I have a party next week, I will invite you.
20/01/2009
Adjectives add interest to any story.
Examples: The book - The big book
The heavy book
The child - The happy child
The sad child
The happy child lifted the heavy book from the brown shelf and dropped it on his right foot.
18/01/2009
In the Present Simple Tense for the singular third person, we always add an "S".
Examples: I work We work
You work You work
He works They work
She works
It works
14/01/2009
Capital letters (big letters) are used for the following:
*Beginning of a sentence
*Names
*The word "I"
Examples: We are going to the movies.
The book store is called The Book Store.
She and I went to the movies.
13/01/2009
In English the adjective goes before the noun.
Examples: The big table.
The heavy chair was next to the big table.
The beautiful girl was wearing the red dress.
20/10/2010
Remember!! In the Present Simple Tense, HE, SHE, IT always take an "S".
If the verb ends in SS, S, SH, CH, X and sometimes O we add "ES"
If the word ends in Y and has a consonant before it, we remove the Y and add "IES".
