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    Can any one help me change the following to past tense?

    my father always buys fancy sweets and spreads them to his neighbors, learned that nice feature when he was working at BMC complex.

    *some sentences are already in past so they upgraded to next tense,am I right?


    is it correct to say?


    the sun shines in the east.
    call me if you have got free time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by diplomacy View Post

    Can any one help me change the following to past tense?

    my father always buys fancy sweets and spreads them to his neighbors, learned that nice feature when he was working at BMC complex.

    *some sentences are already in past so they upgraded to next tense,am I right?


    is it correct to say?


    The sun shines in the east.
    Call me if you have got free time.
    Yes.
    My father always used to buy fancy sweets and give them out to his neighbors, he had learned that nice habit when he worked at the BMC complex.

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    Default Re: tense questions

    Thanks so much for your help.

    If I said:

    My father bought.......

    is it correct?

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    Default Re: tense questions

    My father, who is always buying fancy sweets and giving them to neighbors, learned that nice feature when he was working at BMC complex.

    My father, who always bought fancy sweets and gave them to neighbors, learned that nice feature when he worked at BMC complex.

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