Ma'am, In the timelines and also in the example sentences you gave for simple past tense, it's written "Alex was born in Belgium" (in 1990) and "he moved to Italy" (in 2009). But, in all the sentences that you used for explaining the differences between any two tenses, you said "he moved to Belgium", which may be confusing to some viewers I think.
Thank you. When I was studying English, my teacher said that the difference between the past continuous and the past perfect continuous is that depending on the time that the short action which interrupted the long action happens. Based on when the short action happens, we have to choose the correct tense. If the short action happens at the end of the long action, it is correct to use the past perfect continuous. However, when the short action happens in the middle of the long action, using the past continuous is correct.
Ma'am,
In the timelines and also in the example sentences you gave for simple past tense, it's written "Alex was born in Belgium" (in 1990) and "he moved to Italy" (in 2009).
But, in all the sentences that you used for explaining the differences between any two tenses, you said "he moved to Belgium", which may be confusing to some viewers I think.
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Hi Minoo,
I think you made a slip when talking about ‘past perfect continuous’ and it causes confusion to learners I would imagine.
Thank you. When I was studying English, my teacher said that the difference between the past continuous and the past perfect continuous is that depending on the time that the short action which interrupted the long action happens. Based on when the short action happens, we have to choose the correct tense. If the short action happens at the end of the long action, it is correct to use the past perfect continuous. However, when the short action happens in the middle of the long action, using the past continuous is correct.
the present perfect is also used for past events, isn t it?
Hello Minou.