The key answer of exercise Grammar 1
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 06 - Language focus 1 for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education
Question
Which verb below is in the Past simple and which is in the Past perfect? How do we form the Past perfect? Which action happened first?
Answer
- met = Past simple; had died = Past perfect
- form of Past perfect: had + past participle
- The action in the Past perfect (their adoptive fathers had died) happened before the action in the Past simple (they met).