June 18, 2007 | Posted by profanglais
We don’t usually say:When I was young I was going to the park. The past progressive is normally used when we are comparing two actions, with one action happening during the other: I met Sally as I was going to the park. When we want to talk about things that we did in the past [...]
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November 27, 2006 | Posted by profanglais
I like asking about people’s weekend on a Monday or Tuesday to start the lesson. Here is a typical dialogue, can you see what’s wrong with it? – So, what did you do this weekend, Baudouin? – I walked Perfectly correct as far as the grammar is concerned. But to say, “I walked” doesn’t give [...]
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