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Ramesh Reddy Posted 12 years ago
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When I went back to my home town three years ago, I found that a lot of changes ____.
(A) are taken place
(B) were taken place
(C) have taken place
(D) had taken place
I answered it as B. but in the book the correct answer was D. please explain why by giving examples.
(A) are taken place
(B) were taken place
(C) have taken place
(D) had taken place
I answered it as B. but in the book the correct answer was D. please explain why by giving examples.
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B is not possible because 'were taken place' is not a possible English structure. D is correct because past perfect indicates that the changes were completed before his return.
- B is not possible because 'were taken place' is not a possible English structure.
- D is correct because past perfect indicates that the changes were completed before his return.
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B is not possible because 'were taken place' is not a possible English structure. D is correct because past perfect indicates that the changes were completed before his return.
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2011: A lot of changes have taken place (in the time leading up to the present).
2014: When I was there three years ago, I saw that a lot of changes had taken place (in the time leading up to that past time).
2014: When I was there three years ago, I saw that a lot of changes had taken place (in the time leading up to that past time).
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Ramesh Reddythe correct answer was DYes. "had taken place" is the only option that is correct, because it's the past perfect tense and it's not in a passive voice. We use the Past Perfect Tense, as you probably know already, to talk about something that occurred/happened or that existed previously (a lot of changes had taken place) to something else (I went b
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