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Cup cake Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Past tenses

Hi Everyone,

How would you explain the following sentence to a student:

I had been travelling in France then I had travelled to Spain where I have been travelling for three years and then I travelled to Equador where I have now settled.

I know this sentence is extremely clumsy. How would you tell a student that this doesn't work.

Thanks,

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Cup cake How would you tell a student that this doesn't work ? The time line is impossible. Spain where I have been traveling for three years ...

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  • Cup cake How would you tell a student that this doesn't work ?
  • The time line is impossible.
  • Spain where I have been traveling for three years ...
  • brings us up to the present time, the moment the sentence is uttered.
  • This is followed by ...
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Cup cakeHow would you tell a student that this doesn't work?

The time line is impossible.

... Spain where I have been traveling for three years ... brings us up to the present time, the moment the sentence is uttered.

This is followed by ... and then I travelled to Equador .... After reac

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