Past perfect
Hi Everyone,
I'm writing some examples for a resource sheet I'm creating for my class on the past perfect.
I have to say that it's quite a challenge to come up with sentences where you MUST use the past perfect. In many of the examples, you could well just use the simple past. For example:
" Even though the kitchen was clean, I felt that Judy hadn't washed the pots as well as she could have."
This could well read as:
" Even though the kitchen was clean, I felt that Judy didn't wash the pots as well as she could have."
Can someone please give me a couple of sentences where you absolutely MUST use the past perfect?
Thank you,
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Which of these two examples suggests that dinner was ready at 6pm? 1) Tom came home at 6pm. Mary cooked dinner.
- Which of these two examples suggests that dinner was ready at 6pm?
- 1) Tom came home at 6pm.
- Mary cooked dinner.
- 2) Tom came home at 6pm.
- Mary had cooked dinner.
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Which of these two examples suggests that dinner was ready at 6pm?
1) Tom came home at 6pm. Mary cooked dinner.
2) Tom came home at 6pm. Mary had cooked dinner.
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