| PASSIVES |
get and have |
C1 |
FORM/USE: 'GET' + OBJECT + '-ING'
Can use 'get' + object + '-ing' to talk about causing someone or something to do something. |
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| PASSIVES |
get and have |
C2 |
FORM/USE: 'HAVE' + OBJECT + INFINITIVE
Can use 'have' + object + infinitive without 'to' to talk about asking or causing someone to do something, often in formal contexts. |
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| PAST |
past continuous |
A2 |
FORM: AFFIRMATIVE
Can use the affirmative form. |
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Details |
| PAST |
past continuous |
A2 |
FORM: WITH ADVERBS
Can use the past continuous with a limited range of adverbs in the normal mid position. |
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| PAST |
past continuous |
A2 |
USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS
Can use the past continuous to show that an event was happening in the background to the main event. |
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| PAST |
past continuous |
A2 |
USE: EVENTS IN PROGRESS
Can use the past continuous to talk about actions and states in progress around a particular time in the past. |
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| PAST |
past continuous |
B1 |
FORM: NEGATIVE
Can use the negative form. |
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| PAST |
past continuous |
B1 |
FORM: QUESTIONS
Can use the question form. |
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Details |
| PAST |
past continuous |
B1 |
FORM: WITH ADVERBS
Can use the past continuous with an increasing range of adverbs in the normal mid position. |
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Details |
| PAST |
past continuous |
B1 |
USE: REASON
Can use the past continuous to give a reason for something, often with 'because'. |
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| PAST |
past continuous |
B1 |
USE: REPEATED EVENTS
Can use the past continuous to talk about ongoing repeated events in the past, often with 'always'. |
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Details |
| PAST |
past continuous |
B2 |
FORM: WITH ADVERBS
Can use the past continuous with a wide range of adverbs in the normal mid position. |
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Details |
| PAST |
past continuous |
B2 |
USE: POLITENESS
Can use the past continuous to make a request or suggestions more polite or less direct. |
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| PAST |
past continuous |
C2 |
USE: UNDESIRED EVENTS
Can use the past continuous with 'always' or 'constantly' to talk about repeated events which are undesired or uncontrolled. |
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| PAST |
past perfect continuous |
B1 |
FORM: AFFIRMATIVE
Can use the affirmative form. |
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Details |
| PAST |
past perfect continuous |
B1 |
USE: BACKGROUND EVENTS
Can use the past perfect continuous talk about a background action or event which began before a point in the past and was still continuing up to a point in the past when the main event happened. |
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| PAST |
past perfect continuous |
B1 |
USE: CONTINUING EVENTS IN THE PAST
Can use the past perfect continuous to talk about an action or event which began before a point in the past and was still continuing up to that point, often with 'for' or 'since', to give background information. |
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| PAST |
past perfect continuous |
B2 |
FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSE
Can use the past perfect continuous in a relative clause to give background information. ► relative clauses |
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Details |
| PAST |
past perfect continuous |
B2 |
FORM/USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITH TIME CONJUNCTION
Can use the past perfect continuous after a time conjunction to give background information. |
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| PAST |
past perfect continuous |
B2 |
FORM: NEGATIVE
Can use the negative form. |
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