6 Simple past vs past progressive in as/while/when-clauses 2014-01-06T16:10:09.007
6 .... I was being! / what does it mean? 2016-05-01T15:08:48.547
6 weren't playing vs didn't play 2019-03-11T18:19:54.260
5 Past Simple vs Past Continuous (with for/because) 2013-12-30T23:03:41.973
5 Using past continuous to refer to past habits with adverbials of frequency? 2017-03-25T13:45:15.460
5 "If you explained what you ___ trying to achieve, I would ..." 2017-11-23T17:53:34.097
4 Correctness of "I had been X (profession) for some time"? 2014-07-20T22:59:15.647
4 (did not listen) vs (was not listening) (past simple vs past continuous) 2014-11-05T00:07:04.067
4 Past progressive for a finished event 2015-12-05T06:52:46.937
4 "Everyone at school was looking at what I wore" - why not "Everyone at school looked at what I was wearing"? 2016-03-07T04:39:38.923
4 Is the following usage of past progressive correct? 2016-07-25T06:48:22.333
4 What is the difference between "was going every day" and "would go every day"? 2017-03-20T02:35:06.640
4 I lived Vs. I was living 2018-04-01T20:34:34.450
3 Use of "were" and "would" in past tense 2014-01-16T03:40:28.263
3 past perfect continuous 2014-01-29T01:23:17.383
3 "past continuous tense" vs "would + infinitive" 2015-01-08T14:22:28.340
3 past continuous - justified? 2015-02-10T11:14:06.247
3 Past perfect continuous or past progressive 2015-04-19T17:19:36.740
3 Are "I was understanding" and "I am understanding" grammatical? 2015-04-23T10:43:28.617
3 Simple vs continuous in the past tense and in the future tense 2015-05-21T20:56:42.367
3 What's the difference between “It had snowed in the night, so the bus didn't arrive.” & “It snowed in the night, so the bus didn't arrive.”? 2015-10-20T07:28:43.717
3 Maise ate / had been eating sweets all evening so it was not suprising > she didn't want any supper 2015-10-28T10:48:56.433
3 Past Perfect vs Past Perfect Continuous 2016-08-01T13:47:22.060
3 "had walked" vs "was walking" 2016-09-25T15:30:24.070
3 No need of continuous with while? 2017-05-08T10:06:47.967
3 Past simple or past coninuous? 2017-11-27T15:16:10.860
3 Can I use "Have been" with "Until" in this sentence? 2018-05-23T15:48:04.830
3 I was meeting vs. I met 2018-08-24T09:39:17.300
3 Past Perfect Continuous vs Past Continuous difference in meaning 2018-09-16T15:53:24.740
3 "Words were different when they (lived / were living) inside of you" 2019-03-16T22:11:19.860
3 Difference between Past continuous and Past perfect continuous 2019-09-30T09:24:39.257
3 Past Perfect Continuous vs Past Simple 2020-02-18T16:19:24.037
2 why "was" is used in Perfect past tense? 2014-01-24T15:01:33.077
2 Difference between (was thinking / thought / have thought / had thought) 2014-03-17T06:29:45.483
2 Can the use of the Past (Simple, Continuous) be ever considered correct with "in/for the past few+time" 2014-09-11T12:39:44.447
2 Difference between 'He always worked there ' and 'He was always working there' 2014-12-17T17:18:19.040
2 Past continuous use for something that's accomplished 2015-06-13T16:14:08.600
2 Past Indefinite or Past Continuous? 2015-09-27T09:54:18.217
2 past continuous or past simple 2015-11-22T17:22:31.677
2 "...she had not been attending class" or "...she was not attending class"? 2016-04-26T05:45:12.357
2 Why use past continuous where there is no obvious interruption 2017-03-03T04:32:58.817
2 Can this case be considered a substitution for the past continuous and future continuous tense 2017-04-07T20:23:58.740
2 Past simple or past continuous? 2017-07-30T11:35:53.060
2 UFO attacks in Past Continuous 2017-11-13T20:30:23.017
2 Past Continuous vs Past Simple 2018-01-23T07:15:32.393
2 Past Continuous and past perfect continuous for native English speakers 2018-03-03T13:48:19.377
2 is it possible to use the past continuous with before? 2018-05-20T15:49:23.117
2 "When I was born my mother WORKED / WAS WORKING as a nurse" – interrupted event or...? 2018-05-26T08:33:17.847
2 past simple, past continuous and past perfect continuous 2018-05-27T10:36:42.470
2 Why wasn't "When I was in Sharm El-Sheikh, I *have sunbathed* a lot" a good answer? 2018-06-13T00:11:02.593
2 How to express something that is happening in the future 2018-09-17T00:40:36.317
2 Past Simple Passive vs Past Simple with 'follow' 2019-02-18T10:37:16.807
2 past simple and past continuous - that summer 2019-05-14T16:00:33.773
2 Should you use a plain/continuous verb after a past continuous one? E.g. 'I was feeling the fear rise/rising up...' 2019-06-14T12:13:52.077
2 Before the party: Question about the past perfect continuous tense 2019-10-26T17:21:49.270
2 doubt between Past Continuous and Past Simple 2019-11-17T20:28:18.073
1 She wasn't kissing your face 2014-09-21T12:47:01.217
1 When to use past progressive for repeated/ habitual actions? 2014-12-18T09:22:54.050
1 Past Continuous + Past Perfect? 2015-04-02T15:05:25.933
1 Can I use the continuous aspect in the past and present tense? 2015-04-07T12:02:00.427
1 past continuous for a short action 2015-10-08T21:46:20.110
1 Is helping verbs (is or was) necessary? 2016-05-25T04:46:57.613
1 Could this sentence be considered correct? 2016-07-20T18:23:52.013
1 'I called you yesterday' or 'I was calling you yesterday'? 2016-08-19T10:02:33.843
1 keep telling / been telling / telling 2016-08-31T03:59:39.677
1 "as I thought" or "as I was thinking" 2016-11-05T06:13:24.737
1 past continues confusion [I heard you say/saying that] [I had him do/doing that] 2016-12-14T02:30:46.860
1 Did vs was doing vs had done vs had been doing 2016-12-19T01:35:37.373
1 What were you doing/have you been doing [does one have a negative connotation?] 2016-12-29T06:40:59.820
1 Can I use past continuous with 'for'? 2017-03-02T05:30:04.433
1 Which of the two is better? Past simple vs past continuous 2017-03-28T19:02:24.780
1 Past perfect (could've been) meaning in context 2017-04-11T13:09:36.203
1 Are these sentences completely different in terms of context or just matter of choice? 2017-06-11T21:13:03.153
1 Past Continuous with Present Perfect 2017-08-31T14:25:11.683
1 past simple vs past continuous (Interrupted event)? 2017-09-14T11:12:12.510
1 Is it possible to use simple past with "During the last week"? 2017-10-10T19:05:42.550
1 Past progressive and past simple with while 2017-12-09T13:55:39.377
1 past simple and past continuous 2017-12-18T17:39:04.847
1 Past SImple vs Past Continuous 2018-02-11T14:56:21.630
1 "Two years ago I studied/was working..." – difference in meaning 2018-04-01T15:30:42.510
1 I was going to say 2018-07-07T17:53:13.760
1 Past Progressive and Simple Past with the Time Clause (While) 2018-08-23T09:07:35.833
1 is the past continuous with a duration better than the past perfect continuous in that case? 2018-09-05T07:02:52.890
1 Past Perfect Continuous vs Past Continuous/Past Simple 2018-09-16T15:12:42.877
1 it is possible to combine present perfect continuous and past perfect continuous in a sentence? 2018-09-23T16:12:52.833
1 Past Simple and Past Perfect. "I had seen" or "I saw" him a few days before he left 2018-11-01T11:55:42.407
1 "the thing someone did was do something" or "the thing someone did was doing something"? 2018-12-31T09:55:30.007
1 Is “I was wanting to know” grammatically correct? 2019-01-02T17:57:04.613
1 Past Continuous vs Past Simple difference in meaning 2019-01-29T18:36:10.527
1 Past Continuous with while 2019-03-01T15:02:38.473
1 Can I use past continuous here? 2019-03-04T13:37:09.320
1 Equality of continuous and perfect tenses (in a certain context) 2019-03-07T06:55:25.280
1 past simple/continuous with a specific time 2019-03-08T10:42:23.757
1 Why using the past continuous tense when the action has already finished? 2019-03-28T03:05:15.493
1 drove or was driving? 2019-04-07T19:22:24.090
1 Which tense should be used in this situation? 2019-04-21T06:57:31.470
1 Why is it "She wrote articles" and not "she has written" or "she was writing"? 2019-05-01T05:34:42.390
1 "where did you sit" vs. "where were you sitting" 2019-05-22T23:19:43.637
1 “spied” vs “was spying” 2019-05-30T08:29:18.073