Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
past tenses
Hello! How are you?
I just wanted to ask you a question!
i cannot understand 2 phrases (what to choose?)
They were happy when their son arrived\had arrived first.
We were disappointed when we heard\had heard thenews?
i would like to choose past Perfect . If not, why?
thanx
I just wanted to ask you a question!
i cannot understand 2 phrases (what to choose?)
They were happy when their son arrived\had arrived first.
We were disappointed when we heard\had heard thenews?
i would like to choose past Perfect . If not, why?
thanx
Top answer
Anonymous - They were happy when their son arrived \had arrived first. We were disappointed when we heard \had heard the news? The general formula you're looking for is " past when past ".
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Anonymous-The general formula you're looking for is "past when past".
They were happy when their son arrived\had arrivedfirst.
We were disappointed when we heard\had heardthe news?
When you use this formula, it indicates that the a
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