This flashcard teaches the use of Past Perfect for an action completed before another past action ('had answered'), followed by the Past Simple for the subsequent action ('realized').
This flashcard teaches the use of the Past Perfect ('had answered') for an action that happened before another past action, and the Past Simple ('realized') for the subsequent action.
| Task | As soon as Jake _______ (to answer), he ________ (to realize) his mistake. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 3 |
| a | had been answered / realized |
| b | had answered / had realized |
| c | had answered / realized |
| d | had answered / had been realizing |
| comment | We use the Past Perfect to show that one action happened before the second one. Here: at first he had answered and after that he realized that he had made a mistake. |
| topic | past tenses |
| level | 2 |
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