This flashcard tests the use of Past Perfect and Past Simple to indicate the order of past actions. Past Perfect is used for the earlier action and Past Simple for the later one. The sentence is: 'had spent / became'.
Ce flashcard teste l'utilisation du Past Perfect et du Past Simple pour indiquer l'ordre des actions passées. Le Past Perfect est utilisé pour l'action antérieure et le Past Simple pour l'action postérieure. La phrase est : "had spent / became".
| Task | John ________ (to spend) 3 years in Pakistan before he _______ (to become) a teacher of Urdu. |
|---|---|
| Answer | 2 |
| a | spent / became |
| b | had spent / became |
| c | had been spending / became |
| d | had spent / had become |
| comment | To show that one action happened before another one in the past we use two tenses: the Past Perfect for the action which took place at first and the Past Simple for the one which took place after. |
| topic | past tenses |
| level | 2 |
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