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Sara Saad Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

😫 please I need your help ☆

My uncle really liked his old car . He -------------- it for ten years before he decided to get rid of it .
[ had - has had - had had ]

Please tell me what is the answer and explain why .
I will have a final exam tomorrow ????
  

Top answer

X = the present moment; the time you say the sentence. [ owned car; liked car ] ... X "decided to get rid of it" and "got rid of it" happened in the past.

— CalifJim

  • X = the present moment; the time you say the sentence.
  • [ owned car; liked car ] ...
  • X "decided to get rid of it" and "got rid of it" happened in the past.
  • "owned the car" ("had the car") happened even farther in the past.
  • The past perfect ( had had ) indicates an action that happened farther in the past than another action that happened in the past.
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X = the present moment; the time you say the sentence.

Time > > > > >

..............[ owned car; liked car ] ... [decided to get rid of it] [got rid of it] ...............X
..............{ ..........ten years........} ............................................................................X

"decided to get rid of it" and "got rid of it" happened in
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25. My uncle really liked his old car. He ______ it for ten years before he decided to get rid of it and buy a new one.

Had had
Or
Had
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Help! A bee (chase) ___________me for the last two minutes.

Has chased ?

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Khalid really likes his new leather jacket. He (wear) __________________
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Dear Sara;

Please post a question only once. Otherwise it is double work for us.
Sara SaadHelp! A bee (chase) ___________me for the last two minutes. Has chased ?
OK
Sara SaadKhalid really likes his new leather jacket. He (wear) ___________________ it every day since he bought it.Has been wearing or wears ×××××××××××××××××
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I am sorry ?.
Has been wearing
I haven't been watching
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Khalid really likes his new leather jacket. He has been wearing it every day since he bought it.

Actually, there can be many answers:

Ahmad: Ok. Don’t get mad at me. I have not watched the TV for three hours. (Ahmad protests that his sister lied to Mum. The last time he watched TV was three hours ago. )
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