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HifaMo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Mixed tenses.
Could you please correct the following uses of tenses?
Many children start (go) going for dental check-ups at an early age, but Belly (be) was fourteen years old when she (go) went for the ?rst time. It (not/be) wasn't a happy experience. Until then Kelly (be) was lucky. She (always/have) always had good teeth and (never/suffer) never suffered from toothache. But for two or three months Kelly (get) had been getting, on and off, in one of her teeth. So her mother (decide) decided that a trip to the dentist (be) (10) was necessary.
Thank you.
Many children start (go) going for dental check-ups at an early age, but Belly (be) was fourteen years old when she (go) went for the ?rst time. It (not/be) wasn't a happy experience. Until then Kelly (be) was lucky. She (always/have) always had good teeth and (never/suffer) never suffered from toothache. But for two or three months Kelly (get) had been getting, on and off, in one of her teeth. So her mother (decide) decided that a trip to the dentist (be) (10) was necessary.
Thank you.
Top answer
I think they expect you to put the third and fourth sentences in the past perfect. Otherwise it looks OK, but something has gone wrong with the penultimate sentence; it looks as if the word "toothache" has been accidentally omitted.
- I think they expect you to put the third and fourth sentences in the past perfect.
- Otherwise it looks OK, but something has gone wrong with the penultimate sentence; it looks as if the word "toothache" has been accidentally omitted.
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I think they expect you to put the third and fourth sentences in the past perfect. Otherwise it looks OK, but something has gone wrong with the penultimate sentence; it looks as if the word "toothache" has been accidentally omitted.
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