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Hat apple Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Problem with a sentence
Hello, it's me again. On one of my exams, I had an exercise in which I was supposed to create sentences. I wrote "were you abroad last year", but my teacher told me that I should have written "have you been abroad last year". Can someone tell me why?
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hat apple Have you been abroad last year? You can't use the present perfect ( have been ) if you're mentioning a definite time ( last year ) in the same sentence. hat apple W ere you abroad last year ?
- hat apple Have you been abroad last year?
- You can't use the present perfect ( have been ) if you're mentioning a definite time ( last year ) in the same sentence.
- hat apple W ere you abroad last year ?
- Correct as shown above.
- I don't know how you're going to finesse this with your teacher.
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hat appleHave you been abroad last year?
You can't use the present perfect (have been) if you're mentioning a definite time (last year) in the same sentence.
hat appleWere you abroad last year?
Correct as
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