"Always"- for past tense??

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smelvanzq

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hello! could you help me?

Does "always" always follow by base form of verb?

I always take a bath

When I was a child I always took a bath -is this correct?
pls help..

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smelvanzq said:
When I was a child I always took a bath -is this correct?
Yes, it is. You are no longer a child, so you are talking about a past habit. Even if you still regularly take a bath, you're talking about what you did in the past.
 

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Thanks teacher!.. I have another sentence teacher could you pls check?

She always ate banana when she was living - is this correct? or
she always eats banana when she was living -
- this sentence is in past,should I use ate or eats

His mom always scolded him! or
His mom always scolds him!

Last year Ben always go to church
Last year Ben always gone to church -

Thank you so much teacher!:)
 

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Pls help me teachers...:-( Thank you very much!
 

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smelvanzq said:
She always ate banana when she was living - is this correct? or
she always eats banana when she was living -
- this sentence is in past,should I use ate or eats
It's the past. She is now dead, so she doesn't eat any more. One small correction though: "She always ate bananas when she was living."

His mom always scolded him! or
His mom always scolds him!
That depends. Does his mom still scold him? If so, use the present. If not, use the past.

Last year Ben always go to church
Last year Ben always gone to church
"Last year" is in the past -- last year finished in December. So, as this is the past, logically we need the past tense. (There's not much logic in English, but this is very logical.)

However, the past tense of "go" is not "gone" -- that's the past participle, which is something different. The simple past tense form of "go" is "went".
 

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Thank you so much teacher!:-D
 
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