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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Past Perfect Tense and Simple Past Tense

Hi I have question about past perfect tense and simple past tense. Students are required to fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verbs in the brackets. The police ______ (take) the two pupils who _______ (go) fishing yesterday to the hospital because a jellyfish ______ (sting) them. Is this correct?

The police had taken the two pupils who went fishing yesterday to the hospital because a jellyfish stung them.
  

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OK, there are three things that happened: 1) the police took the pupils to the hospital 2) the boys went fishing 3) a jellyfish stung the boys. What is the time sequence of the events? The one that happened the most recently is in simple past The ones that happened earlier can be in the past perfect

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  • OK, there are three things that happened: 1) the police took the pupils to the hospital 2) the boys went fishing 3) a jellyfish stung the boys.
  • What is the time sequence of the events?
  • The one that happened the most recently is in simple past The ones that happened earlier can be in the past perfect
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OK, there are three things that happened:
1) the police took the pupils to the hospital
2) the boys went fishing
3) a jellyfish stung the boys.

What is the time sequence of the events?
The one that happened the most recently is in simple past
The ones that happened earlier can be in the past perfect
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Thanks. Very clear explanation. Very helpful.
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