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Prepositions: Duration - course
Since (with the present): duration between the start of an action and now: duration since a date in the past or an event and now. The action expressed by the verb continues even today .................. 'abite here for 4 years. since January 2003, since my marriage.
During the actual duration of an action .......................... lived here for 15 years. I will be going on vacation during the month of August. I learned French during my vacation.
There is (with the past tense affirmative): indicates a precise moment in the past, for a finished action ............... He left 5 minutes ago.
Until indicates the end of the duration of an action: ................ I am here until Tuesday. He lived here until his sister left.
In: the time necessary to carry out an action .................. I go to work in half an hour. (I leave at 9 a.m. and arrive at 9:30 a.m.)
For indicates the planned duration, the planned duration .................. He will come for 3 months but if the city pleases him he will stay longer.
Since (with the present): duration between the start of an action and now: duration since a date in the past or an event and now. The action expressed by the verb continues even today .................. 'abite here for 4 years. since January 2003, since my marriage.
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Answer:
1. Nageait ; s’amusait
2. Il est arrivé; je dormais
3. Nous sommes allés
4. S’est couché ; j’ai entendu
5. Je suis parti
6. Je voulais ; il partait
7. Je me levais ; je ne voyais
8. Empruntais ; l’attendaient
9. Était ; je ne l’ai pas mangé
10. Faisais
False, many women in Senegal do not work.
