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General statement about the continuous forms



 
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General statement about the continuous forms #1 (permalink) Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:04 pm   General statement about the continuous forms
 

Would this be a useful summarisation/general statement to begin talking about the use of the continuous forms in English?

The continuous forms are used to signal: interruptedness, temporariness, duration and progressive change.

This statement would of course be made after students had encountered continuous forms in their reading and listening.
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