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It s due to the presence of the verb to watch which implies that you don t use the Past Simple Hope this helps

Mister Micawber wrote Present Perfect Continuous Progressive used for actions or events that started in the past but are still happening now or for past actions which only recently finished and their effects are seen nowNo this is a definition for Present Perfect Present Perfect used to show...

after while only stative verbs like sit can be used in the past simple tense Yes that sounds like a reasonable generalization Nevertheless dynamic verbs might be used after while but they would then have to be interpretable in a non event sort of way This pattern occurs with activities While I...

From what you wrote Jim can we generalize and say that 1 after while only stative verbs like sit can be used in the past simple tense 2 The accident happened when they were going to school is wrong and when had better be replaced with while if yes still I ll have doubts about when to use when...

CalifJim wrote I avoid answering You just did src emoticons emotion 2 gif Avoid or answer I tried responding to the phrasal verb thread and got into some technical difficulties For some reason it wouldn t let me post And then I just forgot about it and never tried again as I got involved in some...

this is the task please help me sove it fill in the blanks to make true sentences use the past simple past continuous past perfect or present perfect continuous of the verbs in the brackets b when the europeans__ arrive the maori __ live all over the island c the maori__ live in new zeland for a...

1 You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark This is fine It s the first conditional modal auxiliary verb if present simple 2 You must be pretty dumb if you got a bad mark This would work as the second conditional if you replaced must with would In such a case the past simple got would refer...

Hello Mowgli Mowgli wrote I would prefer past simple Where were you because B isn t abroad or away any more they couldn t have this conversation otherwise To me I went to Malta for a 3 week holiday sounds natural as the answer I interpret A might ask Where have you been because A doesn t know...

MrPedantic wrote PS I haven t forgotten your which what question But I m still thinking about CJ s suggestions I don t want to worry you too much MrP It s not my intention I know that sometimes the answer to a problem is like the square root of 9 if it is useful dunno CalifJim wrote It s a...

Interesting question I think it s wrong in the sentence but there s apparently an exception in the simple past for dig in See http www verba org owa verb verba_dba verba_en select_page query_verba dig 20in also in the slang usage of dig as in I dig it I really like it I digged it I really liked it