Hi, I'm not sure how I missed this comment. I think I already have 'past continuous + past perfect continuous' on my list of videos to make, but if not, I will add it 😊🌻

You're welcome, and thank you for the lovely feedback. My main aim with these videos is to be as clear as possible and remove the confusion, so that's really nice to hear. 😊🌻

Thank you! That's the plan. I've been making shorts lately due to lack of time, but I hope to start posting longer content again very soon 😊🌻

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Hi Raihan, I'm glad you found the video helpful! 😊🌻

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I'd say 'The sun was rising when he left the place.' The sun rising is a longer action than leaving a place, generally speaking. That said, some people can take a very long time to leave! If the person in question took a very long time to leave, and the sunrise was complete by the time he had gone, you could say 'The sun rose while he was leaving the place.'

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Hi, the thing about native speakers is that we often break the rules when it comes to grammar. Strictly speaking, it should be 'while' before the past continuous, but it's also pretty common to use 'when'. If you are doing an exam, it's best to follow the rule, but aside from that, it isn't important. Things to note: We never use 'when' to talk about 2+ simultaneous actions - She was singing while she was cooking. ✔️ She was singing when she was cooking. ❌ We never use 'while' before the past simple - She was cleaning the kitchen when the doorbell rang. ✔️ She was cleaning the kitchen while the doorbell rang. ❌

Hi! I'm not too bad, thank you. How about you? I'm glad you enjoy the lessons, and you are very welcome! 😊🌻

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Hi Erody. I've seen your email, but I'm responding here so the answer can benefit others. Think about which action was longer? Skiing is generally an activity that happens over a period of time. I've never been skiing, but I think most sessions last around 2-3 hours. Breaking your leg is an action that happens suddenly. When we combine the past simple and past continuous, it is the longer action that is in the continuous form, and the sudden, interrupting action in the past simple: He broke his leg when/while he was skiing. (Technically, it should be 'while', but many native speakers use both 'when' and 'while' before the past continuous). Does this make sense? 😊🌻

@@EnglishWithEm I still appreciate your explanation, maybe I didn't understand what you said in the video after "when" we always use paste simple tens, because the sentence that I gave you the past simple came before the "when" (He broke his leg When.....) that's why I was wrong because, I put the past continuous tense first (He was breaking his leg When) and I would put the simple past the second sentence because it is after "When". Now I think this is the third method that I could have used for this even if it was While, thank you so much ☺

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In this case, I would use the past perfect continuous tense - the letter had been travelling for 2 years when it arrived. I haven't done any videos on this tense yet. We use it when we want to say that an action had been in progress for a specified amount of time (had been travelling) before another past action (arrived).

Hi! 👋😊🌻 Speaking of queens, I can't get used to the Queen being dead. I still refer to her often and have to remind myself that now it's the King! 😬

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@@EnglishWithEmHi, If you abgreate yours video and + more exsamples, no 1-2.... this Nice will be very Nice 👍🏻😎

@@faizulla5838 Hi Faizulla, that's a good idea. This is a popular video, so I will work on another one of the same topic (part 2) with more examples :-)

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Hi Akshat, in this case you should use 'I'm going to listen to her songs when I'm happy or depressed. If you say 'I'm going to be listening to...' it indicates that you will be feelig happy or depressed at a specific time in the future. 'I'm going to be listening to her songs at 10 o'clock this evening when I am depressed.' This would be an unusual thing to say, because we don't usually know in advance when we are going to be feeling happy or depressed.

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@@EnglishWithEm sorry to bother you again, but why did you use "when we are going to be feeling" in the last line. Can I say "when we are going to feel."?

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​@@akshatmukundam974 if you use the continuous form 'going to be feeling' instead of 'going to feel', you are being more specific about the time. I used it because I was saying that we don't usually know the very specific time that we are going to be feeling a certain way. There are some situations where you could say 'going to be feeling'. A current example could be used to talk about the Covid-19 vaccine. Many people felt unwell the day after having the vaccine, so it would be reasonable to predict that at that specific time you are going to feel unwell. You could say, 'I'm getting vaccinated today, so I think tomorrow I'm going to be feeling unwell.'

I mean, can i use past cont or past simple with period of time?

Hi! It depends on the situation. You would use the past perfect continuous (had been training) if you wanted to emphasise the amount of time you had been training when another action happened. For the following examples, let’s imagine that ‘training’ means ‘working out in the gym’. ‘I had been training for 2 hours when I hurt my knee.’ In this case, you stop the action (training) when the other action happens (hurt your knee). You would use the past continuous (was training) if you wanted to say what you were doing at a specific time in the past - ‘I was training at 3 o’clock this afternoon.’ In this case, you wouldn’t say ‘for 2 hours’ because we are not interested in how long the action was in progress. You could also use the past continuous if the action was interrupted by another past action - ‘I was training when my friend called me’. Again, in this case, we don’t say ‘for 2 hours’. If you are still doing the action, or have finished very recently, you could use the present perfect continuous - ‘I have been training for 2 hours’. You would use the past simple (I trained) if you were telling someone about a finished past action and the order of events was clear. Imagine someone asked you what you did yesterday and you reply - ‘I went to work, then I trained for 2 hours, then I met a friend for coffee, and then I went home for dinner.’

@@EnglishWithEm thanks for answer, i have one more question, how can i say “they have been working all their life” but if i mean what they dont work anymore? What will be such sentence looks like?

@@shakalakabum3927 if you want to say that they don't work anymore, you would use the past simple - 'they worked their whole life' You would use 'life' if you were referring to a couple who had a life together, but 'lives' if you were referring to people who had different lives, such as colleagues.

@@EnglishWithEm thant you very much! In general, as i understood, in simple sentences we can use period of time (for hours, for years etc.) with past simple

Hi Mark, ‘I couldn’t move because he had blocked my way’, is incorrect. We used the past perfect ‘he had blocked my way’, to indicate that an action finished before another action. In this case, the 2 actions are happening simultaneously, so the only correct way to say it is the second way, ‘I couldn’t move because he was blocking my way’ (use of the past simple + past continuous shows that one past action interrupted another past action). ‘They can’t find any paper because he has hidden it all’, means that he hid the paper in the recent past. He is not actively hiding it now, but it remains hidden because it hasn’t been found yet. He could be in the room, or he could be somewhere else. ‘They can’t find any paper because he is hiding it’, means he is actively hiding it now. Maybe he has put it in his bag, or behind his back. In this situation, we imagine the person is in the room with the paper, but he is hiding the paper. ‘I am not editing this’ - to me this has a future meaning. We often use the present continuous to talk about a future that is certain (I definitely have no plans to edit this document). Alternatively, it could mean in the present moment. Right now I am not editing this. I am only reading it. ‘I have not edited this’ - this means that the document is in the same state as it was when you received it and you have not made any changes. ‘He is using a good vocabulary in his speech’ - you are right. If the speech has already been given, this is incorrect. Also, ‘vocabulary’ is uncountable, so there is no article. If the speech is finished, I would use the past simple - He used (some) good vocabulary in his speech. ‘He is writing his answers in English’ - you are right. I wouldn’t say this if he has finished writing. If he finished writing his answers, I would say ‘He has written his answers in English.’ When we use the present perfect, we are referring to a past action that has a present result - he has written his answers in English. In the case of ‘he has used some good vocabulary in his speech’, there isn’t a present result that I can think of, so the past simple (he used…) is more appropriate.

In this case, 'while' is correct because it is followed by the past continuous. 2 past continuous clauses together show that the actions happened simultaneously.

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Hi! To understand this, it is necessary to consider the question that is being answered. With the past simple, the question could be 'When did you live in England?' 'I lived in England from 1995 to 2000.' The focus is not on a specific time period. With the past continuous, the question could be 'Where were you living between 1995 and 2000?' 'I was living in England.' The focus of the question is that specific time period.

@@EnglishWithEm thank you so much

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