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Pretty3
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Hi, This sentence is from the student �s book : - During our holidays, it ( snowed - has snowed - would snowed - was snowed ) heavily for four days straight. The answer in the teacher �s book is snowed. Can you tell me why the answer is snowed not has snowed although for is used in the question ? Thanks in advance :) |
13 Oct 2015
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loboclaud
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Hi, The answer is snowed because in the sentence for has the same meaning as during and the action clearly took place in the past. I hope this may help you. |
13 Oct 2015
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yanogator
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I agree with loboclaud. It is because the event was entirely in the past. Bruce |
13 Oct 2015
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gharbi2009
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a thing that happened in the past, continued in the past and stopped in the past |
13 Oct 2015
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douglas
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I usually teach that simple past is used for a specific time or period of time in the past. "During our holidays" is a specific time. "Has snowed" present perfect is for a non-specific time (among other things) in the past. |
13 Oct 2015
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