Does the past perfect sound natural in this example?
This is an example (for the past perfect tense) from a grammar book : The boys had played football, meaning they had finished playing, before Susan came. Does this sound natural to a native speaker, or would you prefer the past perfect continuous ?
Does it sound better if I add "already" and change "before" to "when"? "The boys had already played football, when Susan came".
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All of the variants below are acceptable. ) 1. The boys had played football before Susan came.
- All of the variants below are acceptable.
- ) 1.
- The boys had played football before Susan came.
- 2.
- The boys had already played football before Susan came.
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All of the variants below are acceptable. (No commas, please.)
1. The boys had played football before Susan came.
2. The boys had already played football before Susan came.
3. The boys had been playing football before Susan came.
4. The boys had already been playing football before Susan came.
5. The boys had played football when Susan came.
6. The boys had already
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