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After she had completed her home work, she went to bed
After she had completed her home work, she went to bed.
Is the sentence correct or not? Is it had completed or have completed ?
- past-vs-past-perfect
- What do think should be the correct choice? – AIQ Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 1:40
After she had completed her home work, she went to bed After she has /have completed her home work she went to bed
The firstsentence is correct.There are two past actions here.The first one may be in the past perfect and the second one may be in the simple past.
.The second sentence is wrong if you use have or even has. You can not use present perfect since it may refer to a completed activity in the present moment.
You may say:
She went to bed after she completed her home work.
The conjunction after indicates that she completed her home work first and later she went to bed.
- 1 OP provides no evidence of any research they did to solve their query. There are plenty of questions in ELL that discuss the use of tenses - had OP looked into those their problem would be resolved. Or, OP could have mentioned which ones they looked at and why those questions did not help them. OP's question looks like a homework question - which we should not answer unless their is a major concern or a real problem. The point is to empower non-natives to learn and educate themselves on simple problems. We should do that by asking them questions to make them think. – AIQ Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 3:47
- 1 You giving away the right answer does more harm than good to OP. They have gotten the correct answer, but they have not truly learnt why that is the correct answer. They will not put in the effort now. That is why I made a comment as to which they thought is correct - this will make them think. This will make them put in just a bit more effort into first trying to find their own answers. – AIQ Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 3:48
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Past Simple or Present Perfect
- Thread starter DanStyle
- Start date Mar 29, 2014
- Mar 29, 2014
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DanStyle said: But why? As I know, Present Perfect - a completed action without a SPECIFIC time in the past. We haven't any SPECIFIC time (As I understood). Why we should use past simple ? Click to expand...
The present perfect doesn't seem right to me after "after". Click to expand...
But the speaker is referring to this point in time with the "after", and therefore it's specific. Click to expand...
Compare "I've seen the movie once". Here we are not referring to the time of watching the movie. The time is unimportant here. Click to expand...
- Mar 30, 2014
If you are not limited to single words, it could refer to the future: After he has arrived home, he will unpack and go to bed early. T here are so many possible combinations, it is difficult to know where to start, e.g. After he arrives home, he unpacks and goes to bed early. (habitual action) But with unpacked and went the alternatives are as stated in #2. You don't have to say had arrived since there is no possibility of misunderstanding the sequence of events.
With after , the tenses have to match, so a present perfect does not work with a past simple. Using present perfect for all three places is not wrong, but there needs to be a reason for it. Here, where the order is chronological, why would you want to use a perfect?
Schimmelreiter
Forero said: Here, where the order is chronological, why would you want to use a perfect? Click to expand...
Using present perfect for all three places is not wrong, but there needs to be a reason for it. Here, where the order is chronological, why would you want to use a perfect? Click to expand...
DanStyle said: I didn't see any specific time on this sentence, so I decide to choose present perfect. Thank you very much to all!!! Click to expand...
Schimmelreiter said: You must have misunderstood Forero's reasoning. Click to expand...
- Mar 31, 2014
I didn't see any specific time i n this sentence, so I decide d to choose present perfect. Click to expand...
I would like to expand a little on what I said before. Nothing about the sentence given prohibits the use of present perfect. When there is a reason for it, the present perfect is fine. If, for example, the sentence in question is preceded by "Whenever he has felt this way, he has always followed the same routine", then the best choice is present perfect in all three places. In such a context, the events are still in chronological sequence, but the whole sequence may have been repeated on multiple occasions. Present perfect is used because the context is a summary of all the time(s) in the past that he has felt this way.
Past Simple or Present Perfect Exercise 2
Perfect english grammar.
Choose the past simple or the present perfect.
Hello! I'm Seonaid! I'm here to help you understand grammar and speak correct, fluent English.
Past Perfect 1
| Past perfect is used when there are two past events. The past perfect event happened first in time. The thief the money before the police him. " " tells us that event happened first in time. Past perfect key words: already, yet |
| 1. | First: Diego ate dinner. Then: Pablo came over. Diego (eat) |
| 2. | First: I finished my homework. Then: I went to bed. I (go) |
| 3. | First: Sam washed the dishes. Then: Sam turned on the TV. Sam (turn) |
| 4. | First: Frank threw the football. Then: Frank fell down. Frank (fall) |
| 5. | First: I bought an airplane ticket. Then: Sara found a really good price. After I (buy) |
| 6. | Last night I started to make dinner at 5:30, and finished at 5:50. At 6:00, my husband came home. By the time my husband (come) |
| 7. | Yesterday Maria fed the cat and then she went to work. Maria (go) |
| 8. | Peter was late. By the time he (get) |
| 9. | The teacher (give) |
| 10. | We (play) |
T057 - Past or past perfect simple
Gap-fill exercise.
- Tim ( GO ) to bed early last night because he ( NOT SLEEP ) well the night before.
- After putting the letters into the mailbox Mary ( REALIZE ) that she ( NOT PUT ) a stamp on them.
- When I ( ARRIVE ) Jack ( ALREADY GO ) home.
- After dinner I ( SERVE ) the dessert that I ( PREPARE ) the afternoon before.
- When I ( LEAVE ) they ( STILL NOT FIND ) my luggage.
- I ( NOT KNOW ) that Jonathon ( LIVE ) in Austin before he moved here.
- After Jerry ( DO ) his homework, he ( GO ) out to play with his friends.
- I was surprised to find out that he ( BE ) in Italy a week before his mother ( COME ).
Exercise on Simple Past and Past Perfect
Exceptions 1.
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Perfect).
- The removal van arrived had arrived before they finished had finished packing.
- Before they moved had moved to this town, they lived had lived in Chicago.
- After the kids ate had eaten their lunch, they took had taken a little nap.
- After school we always met had always met at the youth club.
- Soon after sunrise we cycled had cycled to an observation point that I never hear had never heard of before.
- When I came had come home, my mother already prepared had already prepared dinner.
- When Monica finished had finished her homework, she went had gone out to play with her friends.
- When we met had met Andrew, we told had ask him about our plans.
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You may say: She went to bed after she completed her home work. The conjunction after indicates that she completed her home work first and later she went to bed. Share. Improve this answer. edited Oct 23, 2019 at 3:04. answered Oct 23, 2019 at 1:46. Jvlnarasimharao. 3,433 7 27 58.
After he arrived/had arrived home, he unpacked and went to bed early. I'd probably use "had arrived". But "arrived" works as well for me. The present perfect doesn't seem right to me after "after".
I (not begin) my homework yet. He ( not sleep ) for three nights, even though he ( go ) to bed early yesterday evening. My uncle ( never forget ) my birthday.
Make the correct form of the past simple or the present perfect. 1) I (see) three police cars this morning. [ . Check. Show. 2) After he (arrive) home, he (unpack) and (go) to bed early. [ . ] [ . ] [ .
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple). I (just / finish) my homework. Mary (already / write) five letters. Tom (move) to this town in 1994. My friend (be) in Canada two years ago. I (not / be) to Canada so far.
First: I finished my homework. Then: I went to bed. I (go) to bed after I (finish) my homework.
Use PAST or PAST PERFECT Tense simple. Tim (GO) to bed early last night because he (NOT SLEEP) well the night before. After putting the letters into the mailbox Mary (REALIZE) that she (NOT PUT) a stamp on them. When I (ARRIVE) Jack (ALREADY GO) home.
My usual day starts at 8 am, I get up, wash, have breakfast, then go to school, then study until 2 pm, go home, rest for 1 hour and sit down to do my homework. I have dinner at 7:30 pm and go to bed at 11:00 pm.
We can also use the present perfect with lately or with all + period of time (all day, all morning, all my life, etc.) to talk about actions that started in the past and continue in the present. She’s been with me all day .
When I home, my mother dinner. When Monica finished had finished her homework, she went had gone out to play with her friends. When we met had met Andrew, we told had ask him about our plans.