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nikolai
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Please , I need your help!
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Past Simple or Past Continuous. Are these sentences right ?
Police arrested a gang of thieves at the Millenium Dome in London yesterday. The thieves were trying to steal the world �s biggest diamond . |The thieves drove a road digger into the Dome, but the police were waiting for them. When the men were driving into the Dome, the police were watching TV. The police weren �t wearing uniforms, and they were hiding inside the building. When the police arrested the man they were trying to break into the Millennium Star room. The police also arrested another man on the River Thames. He was waiting on the escape boat. |
19 May 2010
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anitarobi
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Police arrested a gang of thieves at the Millenium Dome in London yesterday. The thieves were trying to steal the world �s biggest diamond . |The thieves drove a road digger into the Dome, but the police were waiting for them. When the men DROVE into the Dome, the police were watching TV. The police weren �t wearing uniforms, and they were hiding inside the building. When the police arrested the man they were trying to break into the Millennium Star room. The police also arrested another man on the River Thames. He was waiting on the escape boat.
I believe only the capitalised verb should be changed into Past Simple... |
19 May 2010
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nikolai
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Thank you very much for your help!
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19 May 2010
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hokage8002
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The police arrested a gang of thieves at the Millenium Dome in London yesterday. The thieves tried to steal the world �s biggest diamond . |The thieves drove a road digger into the Dome, but the police were waiting for them. When the men drove into the Dome, the police were watching TV. The police weren �t wearing uniforms, and they were hiding inside the building. When the police arrested the man they were trying to break into the Millennium Star room. The police also arrested another man on the River Thames. He was waiting on the escape boat.
you could replace the first 2 sentences: The police arrested a gang of thieves at the Millenium Dome in London yesterday. The thieves tried to steal the world �s biggest diamond. he police arrested a gang of thieves at the Millenium Dome in London yesterday while they were trying to steal the world �s biggest diamond. if you mean that they were arrested at the middle of the act of stealing.
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19 May 2010
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hokage8002
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this graphic may help:
*____________________ * event1 then event2 => both are simple past
event1(continuous) (__________________________________) * event2 (simple) (interrupting)
event1 ______________________________________
______________________________________ ==> both 1 &2 are continuous event2
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