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''While I was studying at the college, I was playing football every day'' Is this right or wrong, can i use past continious for repeadetly action in past?
Thank you. I consider myself as an advanced learner but for me, the most interesting pieces of information were the usage of the Past Continuous 1. to set the scenery in the story and 2. with "always" to describe annoying habits.
Can we use the past continuous to talk about the duration of an action that may have been incomplete? Yesterday evening, I was building this model wooden ship for forty minutes. I think "built" - the past simple is wrong here because it means that it was completed.
Hi Andrew, Your lessons are very clear and detailed, it's a pleasure for me. I regret not having discovered your videos earlier, but it's never too late to do well. Thank you for all this.
Hi sir, I watched most of your video lessons and I liked it. It is very helpful to me to improve my English grammar .At present I am studying in Bolton college English Level 1. Actually I come from India two years ago on spouse visa and I am living in the UK since December 2012. My English writing skill is little bit weak that's why I am not enrol in level 2 English .My question is that I am still don't understand British pronunciation so when I go to shopping I Have very difficulty to understand British English because different people use different slang and speak very fast so everything goes above my head so what I have to do so I can understand English well even if people speak so fast. You speak very well in your video lesson and I understand well. Thank you very much sir.
Kalpana Dakoria You just need to practise. Try to make some friends with English natives and to speak with them as often as possible. It is easier in small groups. Ask them to correct your biggest mistakes but not every single mistake you make so that you have the chance to speak without being interrupted. You will improve, don't worry. Good luck. :) Andrew
I was watching this while wondering how you get the pencil to write as you speak! Good job dude. We can use when instead if while in speaking too. Or you'll definitely hear it in spoken English although grammarians would suggest otherwise.. 😁
hello. this video is really helpful. is it possible not to use specific time in the first usage of past continuous? example: yesterday i was eating breakfast.
please. if you can, I need lessons about th following tenses: present perfect continuous past perfect continuous future continuous future perfect simple and future perfect continuous
it's night 2.25am in my country. I have just finished past continuous tense revision.thanks for including useful sentences in the exercise section.💫🌟👍🙃
Hello and thanks for the comment and question. No we cannot say that. There is another possible sentence that I did not mention in this video. We can also say: "When you were calling me, I was walking to the train station." -> Here we are describing 2 continuous actions which are both happening at the same time, in parallel. Best wishes Andrew
+Rodrigo Holguín Palacios It's a pleasure. I'm delighted that your English is improving with my lessons. Thank you for the comment. Best wishes, Andrew
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Teacher, your words made me feel so good. To say the truth, I was afraid when I saw the notification because I thought That I had made one or several mistakes. Then I decided to read it because mistakes also help me to learn. Thanks a lot teacher. Your message is so important to me, that's why I saved it on my PC. Your words were like a great gift. Thank you again.
Dear prof: , I wonder If I might ask you a question. Topic: The past continuous subjunctive can be used in the if-clause of a sentence in the second conditional to express an unreal action in the present which is imagined as continuous: A) If it wasn't raining, we would have lunch outside. (it is raining) B) is correct If I said: If it weren't raining, we.... By the way : May I use it / She he + were + ing ( past subjunctive)
Hello Sir I'm Israr Afridi from Peshawar...Pakistan.I'm passionate about learning English both written and spoken English.I hope you'll more invaluable videos on tenses specifically on future continuous,future perfect and future perfect progressive and persent perfect progressive and past perfect progressive.
Excellent Mr. Andrew, yet, there's a doubt I have with one sentence from an excercise where you have to pick the correct form of the verb; "A Police car (passed/was passing) us on the motorway when we (did/were doing) 80 miles per hour". Is the correct answer: "A Police car passed us on the motorway when we were doing 80 miles per hour"?, could you clarify this one doubt for me, please?. Thank you. Patricia
Sometimes, there is more than one possible grammatically correct way of expressing something. It depends on the context and what aspect of an event we are emphasising. But if it is an exercise on the past continuous with the past simple: "A Police car passed us on the motorway when we were doing 80 miles per hour" is probably the best (most appropriate answer) Here is a tip for you. When there are 2 actions in the past, identify the relative length of both actions. We normally use a continuous tense for the longer action and a simple tense for the shorter action. In the example, the longer action is you driving too fast and the shorter action is the police car passing you. (You are already driving at 80 mph *before* the police car passes and probably continue for few seconds after), so the passing of the police car happens in the middle of the other action. However, the sentence would be grammatically better if it was "*while* we were doing 80 mph. But it is acceptable and common to use "when" +ing form. Andrew
Hello Andrew, I get a question while I was listning to your video. As an exemple ,If (she, it,he) was walking ..... Why the birds were singeing? Bird is (it) ......so Birds was singing is'nt it? or because of Birds are flural so we use were and if it is one Bird could we use When I was walk up in this morning a bird was singing? or it's soundso silly? I would like if you able to give an answer soon. Thank you very much.
Hi Andrew, I watch your video regularly. I ll grateful if you could help. For question form of past continuous instead of asking 'What was he doing when when I called him?' Auxiliary verb+ subject+ main verb ? Can we say 'What he was doing when I called him?' If not, then kindly give brief description. I m waiting for your reply Andrew. Thank you. Mehnaz.
+Mehnaz Hashmi Hello and thanks for the comment and question. If we are asking a *question* with "what", then you must follow the form I explain in the video: What + Auxiliary verb+ subject+ main verb Example: "What was he doing?" But if we are making an *affirmative* statement with "what", then it is possible to follow this form: What + subject + auxiliary verb + main verb Example: I don't know what he was doing. (notice that this is the affirmative form and so there is no question mark at the end) Best wishes, Andrew
that is nice dr teacher but i have one question that is . according to the list of state verbs mentioned in the video ''Feel" is a state verb. is it right to say that. yesterday i was feeling good.
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Hello and thanks for your comment. I am happy that you liked this video. Here is the full list of my English lessons: th-cam.com/users/CrownAcademyEnglishvideos Best wishes, Andrew
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hi, it is written in our book of english the following example: while/ when i was watching a film, the telephone rang.can we use "when" with long actions or past continuous? please help me.
Hi Andrew, I enjoy all your videos :) Explanation is very clear. I learned a lot. Having voice like this you should consider another work as a reader/ lektor! Regards!
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''While I was studying at the college, I was playing football every day'' Is this right or wrong, can i use past continious for repeadetly action in past?
hi everyone I think I was staying at the college when I played football
Okay for sure sir
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Thank you. I consider myself as an advanced learner but for me, the most interesting pieces of information were the usage of the Past Continuous 1. to set the scenery in the story and 2. with "always" to describe annoying habits.
All of these informations are very very much more beneficial for learning the English which the boy at the moment. Thanks a lot 😢😢
Can we use the past continuous to talk about the duration of an action that may have been incomplete?
Yesterday evening, I was building this model wooden ship for forty minutes.
I think "built" - the past simple is wrong here because it means that it was completed.
Hi Andrew,
Your lessons are very clear and detailed, it's a pleasure for me. I regret not having discovered your videos earlier, but it's never too late to do well. Thank you for all this.
Thanks. Your video was good to me.
I hadn't been known past continuous exactly almost 100 days.
Andrew, you are a great teacher... your tone of voice is reassuring, it is a pleasure to listen to your lessons.
It's a pleasure. I'm pleased that my lessons are helping you to improve your English. Thanks for the comment. 🙂
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You are the best Teacher , do you know I have watched many videos but no one were you. Thanks
I was watching this video while my sister was studying Biology. Nice video! I learned a lot!
While I was listening your lesson , I remembered my all previous mistakes in English grammar. Patient is virtue ,that you have in your teaching .
Thank you very much for your comment. I am very pleased that my lessons are helping you.
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While I was learning English with you Mr Andrew, I was watching a match of football Euro 2016.
Very good, your sentence is correct. Here is my example: "While I was watching England lose against Iceland, I was crying." :(
Thank you for coming up with such a nice videos. These videos are very nice prepared. I like them so much
Thank you Andrew. Your teaching is very clear.
Hi sir, I watched most of your video lessons and I liked it. It is very helpful to me to improve my English grammar .At present I am studying in Bolton college English Level 1. Actually I come from India two years ago on spouse visa and I am living in the UK since December 2012. My English writing skill is little bit weak that's why I am not enrol in level 2 English .My question is that I am still don't understand British pronunciation so when I go to shopping I Have very difficulty to understand British English because different people use different slang and speak very fast so everything goes above my head so what I have to do so I can understand English well even if people speak so fast. You speak very well in your video lesson and I understand well. Thank you very much sir.
Kalpana Dakoria You just need to practise. Try to make some friends with English natives and to speak with them as often as possible. It is easier in small groups. Ask them to correct your biggest mistakes but not every single mistake you make so that you have the chance to speak without being interrupted. You will improve, don't worry. Good luck. :)
Andrew
In the first time in my life I
understand Past Continuous very well
Thank you so much Andrew
For the first time in my life...
thank you for helping me to learning English.
I was watching this while wondering how you get the pencil to write as you speak! Good job dude. We can use when instead if while in speaking too. Or you'll definitely hear it in spoken English although grammarians would suggest otherwise.. 😁
1-While I was watching your video, my friend was calling me.
2- I was reading newspaper when I woke up.
3- He was calling me while I was sleeping.
This video was extremely helpful. Thank you so much
I really do enjoy your lesson Andrew, they're well explaned in detail.
Sou brasileiro e agradeço muito pela vídeo-aula ,ainda tenho bastante dificuldade de entender o que você está dizendo,mas a aula em si é tranquila
It was best English lesson I ever experienced.Easy to understand. Thank you!
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While I was learning English,I wanted to sleeping. Thanks teacher!
Hi Andrew! Do you have a video on Past Perfect Continous?? Thanks!!
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Thank you Andrew for such a good lesson. I really enjoyed watching your video and I'm looking forword to learn more from you!🙂❤
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I was ranning in the field.
I am very happy you are doing this to help people like me, to learn English so thank you. mariama
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The best ever explained grammar.
Thank you a lot
Please teach about future continuous tense .I'm from Sri Lanka and.your lessons are very useful.thank you
I was learning English while my husband was cooking food.
+Sombat Souphakhot That's a correct use of the tense. Very good.
Thank you so much.
English
that action is way too long to be suitable; perhaps, "I was studying..."?
I was reading a novel yesterday?
Is this sentence possible?
I love your teaching its clear thanks
hello. this video is really helpful. is it possible not to use specific time in the first usage of past continuous? example: yesterday i was eating breakfast.
Thank u very much for your lesson. It was easy to understand.
Thank you the lesson was very useful
please. if you can, I need lessons about th following tenses:
present perfect continuous
past perfect continuous
future continuous
future perfect simple
and future perfect continuous
thank you Andrew , your video was very useful for me .
I enjoyed your teaching while this video was playing
Hello!
Thanks Andrew! You are a great teacher ❤
I learnt a lot.
Excelent to video to understands how to use past continous. Thanks Andrew! Thank you so much.
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Hi Andrew, you are the best teacher . I liked your videos. Is there past perfect continuous tense video? Please share the link
it's night 2.25am in my country. I have just finished past continuous tense revision.thanks for including useful sentences in the exercise section.💫🌟👍🙃
Well done!
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Really like your voice and your clear explanation
thanks for this great work ,in the 12:15 s is it correct to say : when you were calling me , i walked to the train station
Hello and thanks for the comment and question.
No we cannot say that.
There is another possible sentence that I did not mention in this video. We can also say: "When you were calling me, I was walking to the train station." -> Here we are describing 2 continuous actions which are both happening at the same time, in parallel.
Best wishes
Andrew
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Teacher, I didn't know about "state verbs", so I looked for them just like you advised us. Thank you
+Rodrigo Holguín Palacios It's a pleasure. I'm delighted that your English is improving with my lessons. Thank you for the comment.
Best wishes,
Andrew
Teacher, your words made me feel so good. To say the truth, I was afraid when I saw the notification because I thought That I had made one or several mistakes. Then I decided to read it because mistakes also help me to learn. Thanks a lot teacher. Your message is so important to me, that's why I saved it on my PC. Your words were like a great gift. Thank you again.
thank u so much for your explanaition really they were useful....best of luck and carry on..
Dear prof: ,
I wonder If I might ask you a question.
Topic:
The past continuous subjunctive can be used in the if-clause of a sentence in the second conditional to express an unreal action in the present which is imagined as continuous:
A) If it wasn't raining, we would have lunch outside. (it is raining)
B) is correct If I said:
If it weren't raining, we....
By the way : May I use it / She he + were + ing ( past subjunctive)
Very interesting lesson! Thank you Andrew!
Thanks so much for teaching the subject. Like.
Wow what a perfect teachings, i really love it
Excellent, I am glad that you like my lessons. Thanks for the comment.
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Hello Sir I'm Israr Afridi from Peshawar...Pakistan.I'm passionate about learning English both written and spoken English.I hope you'll more invaluable videos on tenses specifically on future continuous,future perfect and future perfect progressive and persent perfect progressive and past perfect progressive.
I had thank you for gave grammar, it was very use full grammar, u told tha Ward's was very nice to past continue tense, I was learn about so much
I am always looking forward to answering the exercises at the end. Very helpful. thank you so much
Merci beaucoup pour ces explications!!!! J'ai tout compris maintenant!
Excellent Mr. Andrew, yet, there's a doubt I have with one sentence from an excercise where you have to pick the correct form of the verb;
"A Police car (passed/was passing) us on the motorway when we (did/were doing) 80 miles per hour".
Is the correct answer: "A Police car passed us on the motorway when we were doing 80 miles per hour"?, could you clarify this one doubt for me, please?. Thank you.
Patricia
Sometimes, there is more than one possible grammatically correct way of expressing something. It depends on the context and what aspect of an event we are emphasising. But if it is an exercise on the past continuous with the past simple:
"A Police car passed us on the motorway when we were doing 80 miles per hour" is probably the best (most appropriate answer)
Here is a tip for you. When there are 2 actions in the past, identify the relative length of both actions. We normally use a continuous tense for the longer action and a simple tense for the shorter action. In the example, the longer action is you driving too fast and the shorter action is the police car passing you. (You are already driving at 80 mph *before* the police car passes and probably continue for few seconds after), so the passing of the police car happens in the middle of the other action.
However, the sentence would be grammatically better if it was "*while* we were doing 80 mph. But it is acceptable and common to use "when" +ing form.
Andrew
Yes, it was the word "When" that confused me a little. Thanks a lot, sir, I love your videos. Have a good day
Hi ANdrew , can you say " while Jane was cooking & Bob was reading ( that's ) when she heard the explosion ". THNX
Hello Andrew, I get a question while I was listning to your video. As an exemple ,If (she, it,he) was walking ..... Why the birds were singeing? Bird is (it) ......so Birds was singing is'nt it? or because of Birds are flural so we use were and if it is one Bird could we use When I was walk up in this morning a bird was singing? or it's soundso silly?
I would like if you able to give an answer soon. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Andrew! :) I have decided to follow your tutorials instead of using textbooks. :)
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thanks teacher, I love you so much
This is very good thanks!
Hi Andrew, I watch your video regularly. I ll grateful if you could help. For question form of past continuous instead of asking
'What was he doing when when I called him?'
Auxiliary verb+ subject+ main verb ?
Can we say
'What he was doing when I called him?'
If not, then kindly give brief description. I m waiting for your reply Andrew.
Thank you.
Mehnaz.
+Mehnaz Hashmi Hello and thanks for the comment and question.
If we are asking a *question* with "what", then you must follow the form I explain in the video:
What + Auxiliary verb+ subject+ main verb
Example: "What was he doing?"
But if we are making an *affirmative* statement with "what", then it is possible to follow this form:
What + subject + auxiliary verb + main verb
Example: I don't know what he was doing. (notice that this is the affirmative form and so there is no question mark at the end)
Best wishes,
Andrew
Thank you so very much for your reply. Truly appreciated. I am now more clear with that. You are very nice teacher....
Mehnaz
thanks andrew that was a helpful lesson
Your video are very useful for learning english
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The lesson was really helpful
The best thing is that you sound like my favorite character Sebastian Michaelis. Fun to learn with you♡
How is the ALWAYS used negatively for Past Continuous?
He manager was awesome! He was always complimenting us. Isn't this correct?
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That I have ever watched
thanks a lot and i hope you can give us more examples
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I was taking my notes when i watched the wonderful video.
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that is nice dr teacher but i have one question that is .
according to the list of state verbs mentioned in the video ''Feel" is a state verb.
is it right to say that.
yesterday i was feeling good.
It's really awesomely comprehensive. Thanks a lot.
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Love it! Excellent examples ❤
Now i really understand past continuous tense.thanks
thanks teatcher i can not learn english with translation but with your lessons i inderstind very kuikly .i have a lot of mistaks at raiting
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Thank you . It very useful because i have to learn grammar to talk with my forgein teacher.
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Your hard work is greatly appreciate
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hi, it is written in our book of english the following example: while/ when i was watching a film, the telephone rang.can we use "when" with long actions or past continuous? please help me.
Clear explanation ..child can understand thank you sir..
Always love your lessons thank you so much
Hi Andrew,
I enjoy all your videos :)
Explanation is very clear. I learned a lot.
Having voice like this you should consider another work as a reader/ lektor!
Regards!
PERFECT VIDEO,THANK YOU VERY MUCH CROWN ACADEMY OF ENGLISH
thank you andrew always the best from you have a great day sir
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Thank you for helping me!
It's ok
Very interesting and precise explaination.Thanks a lot sir.
Finally I understood this tense
Thank you so much I like your teaching
Hi, as far i understang the verb have is stetive verb, but on 20:48 we see "Was having" . Is it correct exemple?
Thank a lot it’s very useful and helping
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Great lesson! Absolutely understandable!