query: Past simple or past progressive for a duration
positive_passages.docid: 147870
positive_passages.text: can we use past simple with for the past two days
negative_passages.docid: 97441
negative_passages.text: Present perfect or simple past?
negative_passages.docid: 35907
negative_passages.text: Is there a simple and clear way to explain the difference between past simple and present perfect?
negative_passages.docid: 96368
negative_passages.text: Simple Past vs. Present Perfect
negative_passages.docid: 69510
negative_passages.text: Do tenses in a time clause never back-shift in reported speech?
negative_passages.docid: 47662
negative_passages.text: Present perfect for past action with present effect
negative_passages.docid: 136402
negative_passages.text: past tense and/or conditional
negative_passages.docid: 49020
negative_passages.text: Is past simple ever justified with 'by'?
negative_passages.docid: 77813
negative_passages.text: Using perfect constructions after "since"
negative_passages.docid: 40839
negative_passages.text: Difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple ( I am not a beginner )
negative_passages.docid: 42497
negative_passages.text: How do you say that some time had elapsed?
negative_passages.docid: 131914
negative_passages.text: Using "recently" with past simple
negative_passages.docid: 28026
negative_passages.text: Can we use "Now" (not until now or until then) in past tense sentences
negative_passages.docid: 78336
negative_passages.text: past simple or present perfect
negative_passages.docid: 118206
negative_passages.text: Simple past vs. past perfect
negative_passages.docid: 1645
negative_passages.text: Present Simple or Present Continuous with "these days"
negative_passages.docid: 116763
negative_passages.text: Is the usage of tenses correct in this sentence - "two days had passed since she had last eaten or slept"