Before that, / Before that day

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Can I say,All the pupils are excited on 16 May every year. They celebrate Teacher's Day annually. Last Suday was a Teacher's Day. Many pupils invited their teacher to their classrrom. Before that, / Before that day, they had cleaned and decorated the classrrom.

Vsuresh · Accepted Answer

Hi

I think this is ok.

All the pupils are excited on the 16th of May every year. They celebrate Teacher's Day annually. Last Sunday was the Teacher's Day. Many pupils invited their teachers to their classrooms. On the previous day they cleaned and decorated the classrooms.

(past perfect is not compulsory here as 'the previous day' tells the action preceded the other.)

I think you can also consider this:

All the pupils celebrate Teacher's Day on the 16th of May every year. They are quite excited then. Last Sunday was the Teacher's Day. Many pupils invited their teachers to their classrooms. On the previous day they cleaned and decorated the classrooms.

Before that, / Before that day

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