Cover of the textbook Focus 4 (2nd edition) - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2.2 - Grammar for the textbook Focus 4 (2nd edition) - Student's Book with authors Sue Kay, Vaughan Jones and Daniel Brawshaw from Pearson Education

Question

Find other examples of the Past Perfect in the story and discuss why the simple or continuous forms have been used.

Answer

  • Amelie had remained single and had never forgotten ... (a completed action)
  • He had been thinking about Amelie too ... (an activity in progress)
  • When she finally read the letter, Amelie was too nervous to call as so much time had passed. (a completed action)
  • They got married seventeen years after they had first met. (a completed action)

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