Friday, February 22, 2008

Past continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS;
FORM: [was/were + present participle]

Use the past continuous to indicate an action in the past was interrupted.

I
was dancing when I met Javi
I
wasn't dreaming, it was real
What
were you doing when you met your best friend?

EXAMPLES

AFFIRMATIVE:
I was watching TV when she called.

NEGATIVE:
I wasn't watching TV when she called

INTERROGATIVE:
Was I wathing TV when she called?

The Past Continuous is interrupted by a shorter action in the Past Simple. You can also use a specific time as an interruption.

Examples:

Last night at 6 PM, I was eating dinner.
Yesterday at this time, I was sitting at my desk at work.


CREDITS: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive

http://www.nb2.go.th/~praphas/english/grammarcon/40.gif





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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

A country of Africa

MADAGASCAR

Madagascar is a country of Africa.
The official name is: 'Repoblikan'i Madagaskara'.
Is the fourth-largest island in the world.

Located: East: Island.
Capital: Antananarivo (Tana)
Area: 594.180 sq km.
Population: 15.4 million
Languages: Malagasy and French

It includes much smaller islands and high mountains in a central chain.
The economy of Madagascar is dominated by agriculture.


Is the island more big to Africa and the fourth more big in the world. It is separate by "the canal of Mozambique"


The est rivers are shorts and torrentials, but in the occidental part are more bigs and longs.

CREDITS: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar

http://www.ikuska.com/Africa/Paises/Madagascar.htm