Question

5. Transcribe the line of the poem where the verb expresses an action that was in
progress at a certain moment in the past.
"Into his mouth with a spoon"
• "His name was in the newspapers that day"
"And thousands of people were talking about him."
"When I saw him,"​

Answer 1

Resposta:

Past continuous

"And thousands of people were talking about him."

were talking - estavam falando - past continuous >> é usado para falar sobre algo que estava acontecendo no passado ao mesmo tempo em que outro fato acontecia.

"And thousands of people were talking about him''. When I saw him.

E milhares de pessoas estavam falando sobre ele. Quando eu o vi.

                                ║         ║           ║                            ║           ║

                                acontecia no passado          acontecia ao mesmo tempo

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