Before and past perfect/simple
Hello,
could anyone help we with the following issue please - do both these sentences mean exactly the same?
I watched/was watching TV before they came.
I had watched TV before they came.
I am a bit confused, I think the first sentence could mean that I was watching TV up to the moment they came or I had finished watching some time before they came, but the second one only means that I finished some time before they came and was not watching TV until they came. Thank you in advance!
Top answer
I had watched TV before they came. Yes. Lucy Lucy I think the first sentence could mean that I was watching TV up to the moment they came or I had finished watching some time before they came, but the second one only means that I finished some time before they came and was not watching TV until they came.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
Lucy Lucy do both these sentences mean exactly the same?I watched/was watching TV before they came.I had watched TV before they came.
Yes.
Lucy LucyI think the first sentence could mean that I was watching TV up to the moment they came or I had finished watching some time before they came, but the second one only means that I fin
0