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Lcchang Posted 19 years ago
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TOEIC question II

1font00When she (A) 01u00got02u00 ready (B) 01u00to leave02u00 work at 5:00, she (C) 01u00had cleared02u00 her desk and (D) 01u00locked02u00 the drawers.02font02br
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00The answer key says (C) is wrong. Does that mean we have to remove the word "had"? Please advise.02br
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00She cleared the desk 01i00after02i00 she decided to leave at 5:00.0-
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0Can you explain why I can't use perfect tense here? If the cleaning job is done before she leaves work, why can't I use perfect tense? 02br
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01font00When I got to the station, the train had left already.02font02br
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00My understanding is based on the sentence above. Please advise. Many thanks.02br
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1font00When she (A) 01u00got02u00 ready (B) 01u00to leave02u00 work at 5:00, she (C) 01u00had cleared02u00 her desk and (D) 01u00locked02u00 the drawers.02font02br
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01font00first: she (A) 01u00got02u
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0In my country, sometimes many government employees clear their desk and put things away before they punch the time cards. In that case, do you think using a perfect tense is acceptable? [:-D]02br
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10In my country, sometimes many government employees clear their desk and put things away before they punch the time cards. In that case, do you think using a perfect tense is acceptable? [:-D]12br
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10It is differ
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0Lcchang,02br
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00What does "life will never end" mean?0-
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0 01i00When I got to the station, the train had already left.02i02br
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00 Getting to the station is an 01u00event02u00 (at a point in time), so 01i00when I got to the station02i00 is taken to mean 01i00at the exact moment of my arrival at the station.02i00 The leaving of the train ha
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0 LCChang:02br
00«In my country, sometimes many government employees clear their desk and put things away before they punch the time cards. In that case, do you think using a perfect tense is acceptable?»02br
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00Your sentence without change:02br
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00"When she got ready to leave work at 5:00, she had cleared her desk and locked the drawer
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0To sum up:02br
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00"cleared the desk" + "locked the drawers" = got ready to leave 02br
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00At 5:00 she was therefore ready to leave and so she left at 5:00. 05002br
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00Maybe she doesn't have to punch a clock, but if she does, then you could say (for example):02br
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01i00When she punched out at
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