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Omiz12 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect and past simple
I was doing some test on Past perfect and past simple.
Below are the questions,
Underline the correct options, In some cases only one is correct, and in others both are correct.
1. As Jonas was introduced to Mrs Lopez, he realised that he had met / met her before
2. During the previous week, I had been / went to the gym every evening.
3. He denied that he had taken /took the money from the office.
4. I thought it was the best film I had seen / saw in my life
5. The boy told me that he had lost / lost his train ticket and didn't know how he would get home.
6. At the conference, scientists reported that they had found / found a cure for malaria.
7. The teacher guessed that some of the children had cheated / cheated in the exam.
8. She said that she had made up / made up her mind who to vote for, and that I couldn't persuade her to change
9. Thomas explained that he had gone / went home early because he felt ill.
10. When I asked Maria about Jakub, she admitted that she hadn't heard / didn't hear from him for ages.
11. The waiter took my plate away before I had finished / finished eating
12. Julia said she didn't want any dinner. Apparently, she had eaten / ate already.
Only 2,3,7,9 both are correct. I'm having a hard time to understand why. What's the common thing in 2,3,7,9 makes they can use both past perfect and past simple and others don't?
Below are the questions,
Underline the correct options, In some cases only one is correct, and in others both are correct.
1. As Jonas was introduced to Mrs Lopez, he realised that he had met / met her before
2. During the previous week, I had been / went to the gym every evening.
3. He denied that he had taken /took the money from the office.
4. I thought it was the best film I had seen / saw in my life
5. The boy told me that he had lost / lost his train ticket and didn't know how he would get home.
6. At the conference, scientists reported that they had found / found a cure for malaria.
7. The teacher guessed that some of the children had cheated / cheated in the exam.
8. She said that she had made up / made up her mind who to vote for, and that I couldn't persuade her to change
9. Thomas explained that he had gone / went home early because he felt ill.
10. When I asked Maria about Jakub, she admitted that she hadn't heard / didn't hear from him for ages.
11. The waiter took my plate away before I had finished / finished eating
12. Julia said she didn't want any dinner. Apparently, she had eaten / ate already.
Only 2,3,7,9 both are correct. I'm having a hard time to understand why. What's the common thing in 2,3,7,9 makes they can use both past perfect and past simple and others don't?
Top answer
omiz12 . What's the common thing in 2,3,7,9 makes they can use both past perfect and past simple Well, one thing is that the order of past events is clear in either case.
- omiz12 .
- What's the common thing in 2,3,7,9 makes they can use both past perfect and past simple Well, one thing is that the order of past events is clear in either case.
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omiz12. What's the common thing in 2,3,7,9 makes they can use both past perfect and past simpleWell, one thing is that the order of past events is clear in either case.
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