Вопрос школьника
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous. —
1. By the time he was twenty-five, he had earned his first million
Ответ от учителя
dollars. (earn)
The Past Perfect tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past. In this sentence, the action of earning his first million dollars was completed before the age of twenty-five. Therefore, the correct verb tense to use is the Past Perfect tense.
2. She was exhausted because she had been running for two hours. (run)
The Past Perfect Continuous tense is used to describe an action that started in the past and continued up until another point in the past. In this sentence, the action of running started in the past and continued for two hours until she became exhausted. Therefore, the correct verb tense to use is the Past Perfect Continuous tense.
