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Train cobra Posted 9 years ago
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Verb Tense question!

What's the answer for the following question:


Observe the use of the Past Perfect in "your dream will probably influence your thoughts just as if there had been a real plane accident." Choose the correct alternative with the same verb tense.

a) You look so wet. Had you been swimming?

b) She couldn't answer the phone because she had been busy.

c) Susan had met Carol while she was shopping.

d) She looks pale as if she had seen a ghost.

e) While they were playing, they had been injured.

  

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train cobra will probably influence your thoughts just as if there had been a real plane accident "as if" plus the past perfect. There's only one choice with that pattern. train cobra d) She looks as pale as if she had seen a ghost.

  • train cobra will probably influence your thoughts just as if there had been a real plane accident "as if" plus the past perfect.
  • There's only one choice with that pattern.
  • train cobra d) She looks as pale as if she had seen a ghost.
  • I assume they want you to choose this one.
  • CJ
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train cobrawill probably influence your thoughts just as if there had been a real plane accident

"as if" plus the past perfect.

There's only one choice with that pattern.

train cobrad) She looks as pale as if she had seen a ghost.

I assume

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train cobra

What's the answer for the following question:


Observe the use of the Past Perfect in "your dream will probably influence your thoughts just as if there had been a real plane accident." Choose the correct alternative with the same verb tense.

a) You look so wet. Had you been swimming?

b) She couldn't answer the phone because she had be

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