... stopped doing some things and started doing other things:
He stopped studying hard/going to bed early/running three miles e3very morning
He started smoking/going out in the evening/spending a lot ... covered in paint. She has been painting the ceiling.
Has been Painting is the present perfect
We are interested in the activity. It does not matter whether something has been finished or not. In ... I/he/she/it was playing/doing/working etc.
we/you/they were playing/doing/working etc.
B. We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time.
The...
... given in the Key (pages 112-127). But if you want an explanation of the grammar
points, you'll need to check in Essential Grammarin Use.
The grammar points covered in this book are not in ... Essential GrammarinUse Supplementary Exercises with Answers
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This book is for elementary (and lower intermediate) students who want extra practice
in grammar. It covers most of the grammar areas in Essential Grammarin Use. ...
... She's carrying
(or was carrying) a bag full of shopping
We can also use the present simple and present continuous like this in
commentaries (for example, on sports events) and in giving instructions:
ã ... including our own behaviour:
ã They're constantly having parties until the early hours of the morning.
We use the past continuous (see Unit 6) in the same way:
ã He was forever including me in ... some point in the past and continues until the
present time. This is why we often use since with the present perfect:
ã Since I have lived in a small house near the coast.
ã Tom has been ill since...
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Relative clauses 4:
extra
information clauses
(1)
96
Relative clauses 5:
extra
information clauses (2)
97
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ing
and
-
ed
clauses
(the
woman
talking
to
Tom,
the
boy
injured
in
the ...
Preposition
(in/ for/about
etc.)+
-ing
61
Be/
get
used
to
something
(I'm
used
to
.
)
62
Verb + preposition + -ing (
succeed
in -ing I
accuse
somebody
of
-ing
etc.)
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