Which tense is correct?
They waited / were waiting until everybody had left /had been leaving the bank and then they broke in / were breaking in through the window.
They waited until everybody had left the bank and then they broke in through the window.
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Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)
I've been knowing him for a few months, but I've only been meeting his sister once.
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I've known him for a few months, but I've only met his sister once.
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Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)
Before the accident he'd never been thinking anything like this would happen to him.
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Before the accident he'd never thought anything like this would happen to him.
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thief
Give points!
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gold
Win 50 points!
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gift
Win 25 points!
Okay!
baam
Lose 10 points!
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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shark
Other team loses 10 points!
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thief
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Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)
When she was getting home: her husband was watching football on television.
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When she got home: her husband was watching football on television.
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Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)
When I arrive at the station, my parents will wait for me.
When I arrive at the station, my parents will be waiting for me.
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Which tense is correct?
Tom walked / was walking home when someone called / was calling out his name
Tom was walking home when someone called out his name.
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What's the difference between these two sentences?
a What do you think?
b What are you thinking?
Sentence a asks for your opinion.
Sentence b asks about what is on your mind/your mental process now.
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What's the difference between these two sentences?
a He's very rude.
b He's being very rude.
Sentence a describes his general character/behaviour.
Sentence b describes how he is behaving now.
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Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)
Tom was exhausted because he'd been working too hard.
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Which tense: Present perfect simple or continuous?
Oh no! The train ____ (stop) again! I ____ (sit) on this train for hours and I ____ (already / miss) my first meeting!
Oh no! The train has stopped again! I've been sitting on this train for hours and I've already missed my first meeting!
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Which tense is correct?
As soon as Cathy shut the car door, she realised /was realising she had left /had been leaving the keys inside.
As soon as Cathy shut the car door, she realised she had left the keys inside.
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Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)
By the time the emergency food supplies arrived, 30 people had been dying.
By the time the emergency food supplies arrived, 30 people had died
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heart
Other team wins 20 points!
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star
Double points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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thief
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Which tense is correct?
He is playing / has been playing tennis since he started/ was starting school.
He has been playing tennis since he started school.