Answer — Exercise 3
2.2 - Grammar·Focus 4 (2nd edition) - Student's Book
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)