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Hi,
You are right if you suggest that you can't tell whether in your sentences the verb is past or present (into a/the bag). The only way you can tell the difference is from how they (the sentences) are used in a context.
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:50 am simple past or simple present |
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| hellokareem wrote: |
Hi, how I can differentiate these sentences are past(simple) or present(simple) ?
I cut the vegetables.
I put my things into bag. |
By saying to the speaker "When?". |
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:12 am simple past or simple present |
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| Thanks, Alan. |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:16 am simple past or simple present |
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Molly, Teacher asked to write a Example of past simple form, I wrote 'I cut the vegetables'.
Then she asked to write a Example of present simple form, I wrote 'I cut the vegetables'.
Is it clear? |
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:18 am simple past or simple present |
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| hellokareem wrote: |
Molly, Teacher asked to write a Example of past simple form, I wrote 'I cut the vegetables'.
Then she asked to write a Example of present simple form, I wrote 'I cut the vegetables'.
Is it clear? |
And you were correct in both instances. So what's the problem? The teacher gave you the "context" in each case, so nobody had a problem distinguishing, did they? |
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| received to us, Is that not correct? | Which one is correct? (The service is provide to all five people collectively...) |
