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• Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
• 1. We to the cinema yesterday. (to go) went
• 2. I my homework for the whole evening yesterday. (to do) was doing
• 3. Emily the piano at 4 pm yesterday. (to play) was playing
• 4. When John came home, his little brother TV. (to watch) was watching
• 5. They a new house last month. (to buy) bought
• 6. We our relatives in the USA two years ago. (to visit) visited
• 7. I for the test from 10 am till 5 pm yesterday. (to prepare) was preparing
• 8. Olivia Mike last week. (to see) saw
• 9. What he the whole evening yesterday? (to fix) was fixing
• 10. At half past six yesterday, we dinner. (to have) were having
• 11. Chris to Spain last spring. (to fly) flew
• 12. Children when their father came home. (to sleep) were sleeping
• 13. Last Sunday, we a tree in our garden. (to plant) planted
• 14. She dinner when the lights went off. (to cook) was cooking
• 15. When your husband home yesterday? (to come) did come
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He did his homework for two hours. / He spent two hours doing his homework.

• Thread starter IlyaTretyakov
• Start date Jan 7, 2023

IlyaTretyakov

• Jan 7, 2023

Greetings ☺️ Is it 100% wrong to say "Yesterday he did his homework for two hours" and it should be "Yesterday he spent two hours doing his homework"? The context is probably that I just want to tell my friend about my son or something like that.  

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pops91710 said: "Yesterday he spent two hours doing his homework", works fine for me. "Yesterday he did worked on his homework for two hours" is better than the original. Click to expand...

I’d hesitate to call the “did” version “100% incorrect” - it’s not impossible that someone might say it - but it sounds unnatural and unlikely to me. This is because we don’t expect duration to be mentioned with “He did his homework,” which implies he completed his homework. There’s nothing obvious in the grammar to indicate this, but when a parent for example says, “Do your homework”, it means, “Complete your homework.” In fact, the more I think about it, the presence of the possessive pronoun makes a difference: “Yesterday, I did my homework.” = Yesterday I completed my homework. “Yesterday, I did homework.” = I worked on homework, but I didn’t complete it. “Yesterday, I did homework for two hours then I went outside.” = This works for me, and implies the person worked on homework for two hours but didn’t finish it all. “Yesterday, I did my homework for two hours.” = Sounds wrong, because “completion of homework” can’t have duration in time.  

anthox said: In fact, the more I think about it, the presence of the possessive pronoun makes a difference: “Yesterday, I did my homework.” = Yesterday I completed my homework. “Yesterday, I did homework.” = I worked on homework, but I didn’t complete it. “Yesterday, I did homework for two hours then I went outside.” = This works for me, and implies the person worked on homework for two hours but didn’t finish it all. Click to expand...

pob14 said: I think that Yesterday I did my homework implies that "I" spent some of my time yesterday doing homework, but doesn't say whether it is finished or not. On the other hand, I did my homework yesterday probably implies that I finished it. That is, the first version answers "what did you do yesterday," and the second answers "did you do your homework yet?" Click to expand...

• He did his homework yesterday for two hours. (we don't know if he completed it)
• He did est his homework yesterday ( in two hours). (we know for sure he completed it)
• He was doing his homework for two hours yesterday.
• He was doing his homework from 4 to 6 p.m. yesterday.

• Jan 8, 2023

IlyaTretyakov said: but he didn't do est Click to expand...

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I have never ___________ to Paris.

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I am looking for my pen. I __________ it.

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