Question

Раскрыть скобки. Английский язык1 past simple or past continuous 1 my mother (cook already) diner. It smells delicious.2My mother (cook) for two hour already3

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. my mother already cooked dinner

2. My mother is cooking for two hours already

Answer 2

1. My mother had already cooked dinner. It smells delicious.

2. My mother had been cooking for two hours already.

Explanation:

1. In the first sentence, we use the past perfect tense "had already cooked" to indicate that the action of cooking dinner was completed before a certain point in the past (probably before the speaker noticed the delicious smell). The past perfect tense is formed with "had" + the past participle of the verb.

2. In the second sentence, we use the past perfect continuous tense "had been cooking" to emphasize the duration of the cooking action before a certain point in the past. The past perfect continuous tense is formed with "had been" + the present participle (base verb + -ing) of the verb.