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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
past perfect
Hi
Please help me with this.
My views.
1. I think the tenses which have not been highlighted are OK. However please point if any of them is not so.
2. I have some doubts with the underlined verb forms.Can No 1 take either past or past perfect?
In No.2 went sounds all right to me. In No.3 Only had made sounds OK. In No.4 can have also past continuous (wasplanting)? In No.5 can we also have past perfect (had been)?
"Brer Rabbit 1.decided gardening was too much hard work. So he 2.went back to his old ways of eating from every body else's garden. Earlier, he 3.had made a tour through the community to see what everybody 4.had been planting that summer and his eye was caught by Brer Fox's peanut patch. Soon as the peanuts 5.were ready, Brer Rabbit 6.decided to make his acquaintance with them. Every night he ate his fill and even started bringing his family. Brer Fox had a good idea who was eating his peanuts, but he couldn't catch him. He inspected his fence and finally found a small hole on the north side. He tied a rope with a loop knot and put it inside the hole. If anybody stepped in it, the rope would grab his leg and hoist him up in the air. That night Brer Rabbit came down to the peanut patch. He climbed through the hole and WHOOSH! Next thing he knew, he was hanging in the air upside down. There wasn't a thing he could do, so he made himself comfortable to catch a little sleep!"
Suresh
Please help me with this.
My views.
1. I think the tenses which have not been highlighted are OK. However please point if any of them is not so.
2. I have some doubts with the underlined verb forms.Can No 1 take either past or past perfect?
In No.2 went sounds all right to me. In No.3 Only had made sounds OK. In No.4 can have also past continuous (wasplanting)? In No.5 can we also have past perfect (had been)?
"Brer Rabbit 1.decided gardening was too much hard work. So he 2.went back to his old ways of eating from every body else's garden. Earlier, he 3.had made a tour through the community to see what everybody 4.had been planting that summer and his eye was caught by Brer Fox's peanut patch. Soon as the peanuts 5.were ready, Brer Rabbit 6.decided to make his acquaintance with them. Every night he ate his fill and even started bringing his family. Brer Fox had a good idea who was eating his peanuts, but he couldn't catch him. He inspected his fence and finally found a small hole on the north side. He tied a rope with a loop knot and put it inside the hole. If anybody stepped in it, the rope would grab his leg and hoist him up in the air. That night Brer Rabbit came down to the peanut patch. He climbed through the hole and WHOOSH! Next thing he knew, he was hanging in the air upside down. There wasn't a thing he could do, so he made himself comfortable to catch a little sleep!"
Suresh
Top answer
"Brer Rabbit 1. decided gardening was too much hard work. So he 2.
- "Brer Rabbit 1.
- decided gardening was too much hard work.
- So he 2.
- went back to his old ways of eating from every body else's garden.
- Can No 1 take either past or past perfect?
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"Brer Rabbit 1.decided gardening was too much hard work. So he 2.went back to his old ways of eating from every body else's garden.
Can No 1 take either past or past perfect?
No. In a different telling of a story - and how I first thought this story was goin
Can No 1 take either past or past perfect?
No. In a different telling of a story - and how I first thought this story was goin
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Hey. Your first one is correct.Brer Rabbit 1.decided gardening was too much hard work. So he 2.went back to his old ways of eating from every body else's garden. You have to use past perfect if the sentence goes like this: Brer Rabbit went back to his old ways of eating from everybody else's garden because he had decided that gardening was too much hard work. Here we used "had decided" because
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