2015-02-26 Structure: past & progressive

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 18 and 19 (exercises 1 and 2)
exercise 1
2 T
3 F
4 F - he started his job before they met
5 F - he moved in with his cousins before they met
6 T
exercise 2
A
2 were
3 doing (= What were they doing when you saw them?)
4 were dancing
5 Did
6 get
7 gave
8 Did
9 bring
10 fell
11 bumped (someone bumped me and then it fell)
12 found
B
1 were
2 doing
3 sprained (short injury)
4 playing
5 were pretending
6 hurt
7 was hitting
C
1 Were
2 crying
3 did
4 know
5 wasn't crying
6 came
7 Did you ever see (= Erin is thinking about a specific time when Jason might have seen the movie.)
8 was watching
9 was thinking / thought
10 recovered
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p. 20 exercise 3 (with your partner)
A 2 were smiling
  3 was watching
  4 looked (non-action "look")
  5 did...meet
  6 didn't come
  7 was covering
  8 changed
B 1 found
  2 was surfing
  3 did...become
  4 was reading
  5 decided
  6 wanted
  7 was studying
  8 started
I read a comic book when I decided to marry her.
= I decided first, then I read the comic book.
C 1 Did...surprise
  2 came
  3 was watching
  4 knocked
  5 ended
  6 had
  7 were eating
  8 asked
When the game ended, we had a delicious dinner.
= The game ended, and then we had dinner.
When the game ended, we were having a delicious dinner.
= They started dinner while the game was still going. They were in the middle of dinner when the game ended.
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Long actions: usually continue for a long time, even if we use simple past
(There is not a big difference between simple and progressive.)
I was living in Michigan in 2004. = I lived in Michigan in 2004.

Medium actions: we can think about the time as long or short
(Simple and progressive have a different meaning.)
I wrote the book. NOT= I was writing the book.
(I finished it.)      (I did not finish it yet.)

Short actions: these finish very quickly, so there isn't much time "in the middle"
(Simple and progressive are different, but progressive is very uncommon.)
common: I hit the tree at 2:00. (It happened and was finished very quickly.)
uncommon: I was hitting the tree at 2:00. ("hitting" should be finished very quickly. How can it continue before and after 2:00?)

Non-actions: these don't require any time, they can't be interrupted
(It is *incorrect* to use non-action verbs in the progressive.)
okay: I knew the answer to the question.
WRONG: I was knowing the answer to the question.
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progressive = [be] + verb(ing)
(perfect = [have] + past participle)
(passive voice = [be] + past participle)
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p. 21 exercise 5 (with your partner)
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Homework: finish exercise 5, also do p. 25 (A, B, C)