C Checkmate Member Joined Sep 9, 2014 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Malay Home Country Malaysia Current Location Malaysia Sep 14, 2014 #1 So, I'm still confused with these 2 types of tenses. Which verb is not used in Continuous (Progressive) form? What's the different between these two?
So, I'm still confused with these 2 types of tenses. Which verb is not used in Continuous (Progressive) form? What's the different between these two?
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Sep 14, 2014 #2 You had better give example sentences, on which the teachers will comment. Not a teacher.
C Checkmate Member Thread starter Joined Sep 9, 2014 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Malay Home Country Malaysia Current Location Malaysia Sep 14, 2014 #3 Matthew Wai said: You had better give example sentences, on which the teachers will comment. Not a teacher. Click to expand... This "I had been watching this for a year" Click to expand... "I had watched this for a year Click to expand...
Matthew Wai said: You had better give example sentences, on which the teachers will comment. Not a teacher. Click to expand... This "I had been watching this for a year" Click to expand... "I had watched this for a year Click to expand...
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Sep 14, 2014 #4 The past perfect is not needed in your sentences because 'You need some other act in the past to use the past perfect'── quoted from https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/203130-worked-had-worked?p=1042786#post1042786 Not a teacher.
The past perfect is not needed in your sentences because 'You need some other act in the past to use the past perfect'── quoted from https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/203130-worked-had-worked?p=1042786#post1042786 Not a teacher.
MikeNewYork VIP Member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Sep 14, 2014 #5 Matthew Wai said: You had better give example sentences, on which the teachers will comment. Not a teacher. Click to expand... Matthew, "you had better" is most often used as a command. "You should" would be better.
Matthew Wai said: You had better give example sentences, on which the teachers will comment. Not a teacher. Click to expand... Matthew, "you had better" is most often used as a command. "You should" would be better.