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Tom11 Posted 14 years ago
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He could well be right, since German newspapers were full of praise for the $15m musical. The tabloid Bild exclaimed, Rocky knocks Hamburg out", while headlines in the local press dubbed the musical "a triumpf" and declared: "Big emotions; big theatre".
Could someone tell me which tenses are used and why?
x) could well be
x) were
x) exclaimed
x) knocks
x) dubbed
x) declared
Thanks!
Could someone tell me which tenses are used and why?
x) could well be
x) were
x) exclaimed
x) knocks
x) dubbed
x) declared
Thanks!
Top answer
Except for the first, they are all past tense because the narrative is about the past. 'Could' expresses a present possibility.
- Except for the first, they are all past tense because the narrative is about the past.
- 'Could' expresses a present possibility.
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Except for the first, they are all past tense because the narrative is about the past. 'Could' expresses a present possibility.
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