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Meaning of past imperfect tense | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past)

uncountable, usually

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CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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