past continuous + when + past tense formula
The formula is Subject + was/were + (verb + -ing) + object + other words
"I was walking down the street when it began to rain"
ND22-7-2023
If I had gone to the party last night, I would have met a lot of people
اگر میں کل رات پارٹی میں جاتا تو بہت سے لوگوں سے ملتا
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“Had gone” is the past perfect tense which means the action took place before the time of another event of the past.
would have in conditionals to talk about something that did not happen in the past
ND13-07-2023
Tina has been writing her report since two o'clock. She's written twelve pages.
since + point: a "point" is a precise moment in time - 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday.
while
for + period: a "period" is a duration of time - five minutes, two weeks, six years.
For means "from the beginning of the period to the end of the period"
"Had been living" is used to describe an action that started in the past and continued up until another past event.
In this sentence, she had been living in Paris for a year before being offered the job in London.
she is studying for her exams
I want to go home. is the correct sentence
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You should wait here till I return.
Correct word will be 'till'.
Remove inverted commas.
Change ‘please’ into requested
Change the tense.
Change the pronoun
Answer: She requested me to bring her a glass of water.
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If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like can changes to could, will/shall change to would, have to changes to had to etc.
And if the sentence is interrogative, we use the reporting verbs – asked, enquired, etc.
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