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Old 19-Jun-2006, 04:39
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Default Re: Explanation of tenses

I am getting out of bed = now- so I might say this when my partner calls me and tells me I am late for work.
I get out of bed- habit- I'd use this to describe my routine
Past perfect- action before another past action, when the sequence is important- By the time I arrived, everything had been taken. (The taking was before the arrival)
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