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Which is correct ?
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miroucha
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Which is correct ?
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"They were having an exam that day but they didn �t study for it" or
" They had an exam that day but they didn �t study for it " |
21 Apr 2014
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Maluquete
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Dear Miroucha, Hey, Work with senteces you must be sure about what tense you really want to report the time: They had an exam that day but they didn �t study for it "-So this the right one . Because as I could understand this sentece is the right one for reporting past tense. |
21 Apr 2014
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yanogator
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It �s a little complicated. Sophia is right that the second one should be "They had an exam that day but they hadn �t studied for it." For the first sentence, the past continuous probably indicates that the test would be later that day, so the sentence is correct. Bruce |
21 Apr 2014
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