Can you mention 2 expressions that we use to talk about past habits?
Used to, would
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Can you explain the difference between used to and would?
Would, CAN NOT be used to express states in the past. Some stative verbs are: Be, have, believe, like, and hate
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Is there a mistake in this sentence? "He used to love going to the gym, but it has been closed for a year now."
No, it is correct.
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Is there a mistake in this sentence? "We didn't used to have online classes but we can't go to school right now."
YES there is. We can NEVER say didn't USED to, that simply does not exist.
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Is this sentence written correctly? "They didn't use to sell food at Starbucks but now they do."
Yes
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In your own words (in English) what are narrative tenses used for?
They are mainly used to talk about past events, when we are telling stories or anecdotes.
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Is this sentence in the past simple? "I was traveling to New York weekly."
No, it is written in the past continuous.
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Is this sentence written in the past perfect continuous? "We had been working with Zoom for a year and a half when we were notified that we could go back to school."
Yes! An easy way to identify these sentences is the use of "had been".
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Is this sentence written in the past perfect, or past continuous? "She had called me 5 times when I finally picked up."
This is written in the past perfect; it speaks about an event that occurred before another past event.
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What is one easy way to identify the past continuous?
The use of "was". For example: I was sleeping 2-3 hours per day back then.
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Using your Zoom annotation tools, write one sentence in the past continuous on the screen.
Remember, the formula is: Subject + was/were + verb ending with -ing
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Using your Zoom annotation tools, write one sentence in the past perfect on the screen.
Remember, the formula is: Subject + had/hadn’t + verb verb in the past participle.
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Using your Zoom annotation tools, write one sentence in the past simple on the screen.
Remember, the formula is: Subject + verb in the simple past + object.
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What do we use the past perfect continuous for? A) For completed past events. B) For events in progress at a certain time in the past. C) Events in progress before other events occurred.
C: We use it for events that were in progress before another one occurred.
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What do we use the past simple for?
For completed events in the past.
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"Jessica had been studying for 4 hours when her head started to hurt." This sentence is written in what tense?
