3rd person singular and plural forms only was or were + ing two verbs that are nearly the same in preterite the four ways to say was describe circumstances around a completed action the imperfect the preterite background information describe someone's age to tell the date completed action one time actions actions that get interrupted in the past describe the scenery actions that are a habit describe the weather repeated actions in the past to state the beginning of an action are never stem- changers in the preterite three time phrases to indicate the imperfect actions that interrupt other actions because three vowels in a row aren't common the two verbs with identical preterite to state the end of an action three time phrases to indicate the preterite to tell a time the three irregular verbs in the imperfect stating that you used to do something to tell the duration of an action 3rd person singular and plural forms only was or were + ing two verbs that are nearly the same in preterite the four ways to say was describe circumstances around a completed action the imperfect the preterite background information describe someone's age to tell the date completed action one time actions actions that get interrupted in the past describe the scenery actions that are a habit describe the weather repeated actions in the past to state the beginning of an action are never stem- changers in the preterite three time phrases to indicate the imperfect actions that interrupt other actions because three vowels in a row aren't common the two verbs with identical preterite to state the end of an action three time phrases to indicate the preterite to tell a time the three irregular verbs in the imperfect stating that you used to do something to tell the duration of an action
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3rd person singular and plural forms only
was or were
+ ing
two verbs that are nearly the same in preterite
the four ways to say was
describe circumstances around a completed action
the imperfect
the preterite
background information
describe someone's age
to tell the date
completed action
one time actions
actions that get interrupted in the past
describe the scenery
actions that are a habit
describe the weather
repeated actions in the past
to state the beginning of an action
are never stem-changers in the preterite
three time phrases to indicate the imperfect
actions that interrupt other actions
because three vowels in a row aren't common
the two verbs with identical preterite
to state the end of an action
three time phrases to indicate the preterite
to tell a time
the three irregular verbs in the imperfect
stating that you used to do something
to tell the duration of an action
