Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Used to - Easy Grammar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- In this whiteboard video, Matt explains the difference between three very commonly used past tenses; Past Simple, Past Continuous and Used to.
For this video you'll need to know what a state verb is, but other than that, you should be good to go!
Enjoy and comment with your questions ;)
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Thaks a lot! You halped me to realize the difference
Thanks,Teacher! So helpful this informations.
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Thank you so much :)
Thanks Teacher
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I'm a native Spanish speaker and tomorrow I have an English exam, my teacher doesn't explain anything and I was very stressed, you literally saved me
So glad I saved you! How was your exam??
thank you
You great, 100 times better than my english teacher in Poland
LOL, I am sure he/she is trying her best! Ask your teacher to watch this video to learn for next time??? But be careful hahaha.
Thanks for watching!
my daughter's english teacher just put it up and she understands better than other videos. Cheers for th education , mate!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰✨✨
That's great!
Thanks teacher! Very understandable! Have a great day
You're welcome! and you, too!
Tq teacher🥰
I forgot this theme at all. TY for your table and explaination.
This grammar can be confusing! Happy we could help.
What a useful video! I have a question... When we say " Who did you call " and when we say " Who were you calling" ?
Perfect thanks a lot
Thanks
Our pleasure! Thank you for watching!
Thanks, teacher!! I’ll survive with so much information. 🤣
😂 I hope it helps!!! 📚 👨🏫
@@TeachersMarkandMatt certainly helped 😁
I'm having a hard time with Past Perfect Continuous.
"It had been raining for 2 hours when I went out."
Which implication is correct?
1. It was still raining when I went out.
2. It had already stopped raining by the time I went out.
3. Both could be possible.
Hey Evolve, really good questions. We actually haven't made a video specifically about PPC, yet. Let me try and get something up for you this week.
I did a YT live about it th-cam.com/video/d9tAjx0oQ_s/w-d-xo.html
But that won't be perfect for you. I'll work on the video for you soon!
To answer your question:
3. Both could be possible, but the implication is that it is still raining...unless the rain stopped *as soon as* you went outside.
As in, if you went outside at 10am and it rained from exactly 8-10am, then we could say #2 is correct. However, #1 is the best implication here.
There are a few reasons why we use PPC:
1. Unfinished Actions (at a specific time in the past)
2. Focusing on a past activity (opposed to a result)
3. Or a recently completed "repeated action" (like your example above with the rain).
I hope this isn't too confusing haha, but I'll help with a video soon!
Thank you for such detailed explanation!
Can't wait to see that video!
Should be up tomorrow evening (Singapore time).
I should write "He used to be a singer 10 years ago." or "He used to be a singer." Thank you!
He used to be a singer is correct. We don’t usually use “used to” and “ago” in the same sentence.
So in my book it is written that even if action is in progress for some time in the past, we usually use past simple. E.g. "During our history class our teacher made an attempt to explain it to us again and again." But why isn't it Past Continuous? He was doing something for a short period of time, like in: "They were waiting for us in front of the cinema". So why both of these are not in Past Continuous? How do I recognize it?
For your “attempts” example, your teacher is doing a series of short actions so it makes more sense to keep “attempts” in the past simple.
She tried. Then she tried again.
She attempted… (again and again)
= this isn’t the a single action - this is a repeated action.
For “wait” you are referring to a longer action. We often use ING to emphasise a period of time.
= I’ve been waiting for an hour!
= We were studying when Mark arrived.
Waiting and studying in these examples are both longer actions.
@@TeachersMarkandMatt thank you! That makes sense to me now.
Please tell what is correct??? And why???
My son has been born
Or
My son was born
....
I got married
I have gotten maried
If you use present perfect it would imply that the action is recent (in British English)
pls speak a russion
I can't speak Russian, but I will do my best to clearly explain this grammar in English 😎