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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
Grammar
I was wondering if anybody could hlp me with putting the verb in the correct form in the following sentences:
1. The Olympic Games _____ for about eleven hundred years, until Emperor Theodosius banned them for religious reasons in 394 A.D. (hold)
3. It's a difficult question. I wish I _____ the answer. (know)
9. You will understand English better when you _____ here another month. (be
1. The Olympic Games _____ for about eleven hundred years, until Emperor Theodosius banned them for religious reasons in 394 A.D. (hold)
3. It's a difficult question. I wish I _____ the answer. (know)
9. You will understand English better when you _____ here another month. (be
Top answer
1. had been held 3. knew 9.
- 1.
- had been held 3.
- knew 9.
- are (not sure about this one, though)
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Let's see:
1. The Olympic Games had been held for about eleven hundred years...
(Past perfect is used here because it refers to a regular action happening in the past when another action, also in the past, took place.
2. I wish I knew the answer.
(The structure after "I wish" requires a verb in the past, like a conditional)
3. ...when you are here another
1. The Olympic Games had been held for about eleven hundred years...
(Past perfect is used here because it refers to a regular action happening in the past when another action, also in the past, took place.
2. I wish I knew the answer.
(The structure after "I wish" requires a verb in the past, like a conditional)
3. ...when you are here another
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