Discussion :: Selecting Words - Section 1 (Q.No.17)
Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
| 17. | The telephone ...... several times before I answered it. |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: No answer description available for this question.
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| Prabha said: (Jul 9, 2010) | |
| Why "has rung " should not come. Pls help me out. | |
| Sundar said: (Jul 9, 2010) | |
| "I answered it" --> it is a past tense, and we are making it more perfect. => In order to write in 'Past Perfect Tense' we use 'had rung'. => Use 'has rung' if you want to make it 'Present Perfect Tense'. Take a look the below sentences: 1. The telephone HAD rung several times before I answered it. 2. The telephone HAS rung several times before I answered it. Both are grammaticality correct, but second one it not nice while comparing to first one. Hi viewers, If I am wrong, please give your advice. Thanks in advance. |
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| Balu said: (Jul 19, 2010) | |
| When two things happened in past first happened thing to be in past perfect second happened thing should be in past tense. | |
| Sandy said: (Apr 21, 2011) | |
| Thats corret Sunder | |
| Subhash said: (Jun 8, 2011) | |
| It is better to know what is past perfect tense. It means something occured before another action in the past. | |
| Farook said: (Sep 17, 2011) | |
| Thanks for your suggestions. | |
| Shashank said: (Jan 28, 2012) | |
| Totally agreed with balu. | |
| Sudhir said: (Sep 6, 2012) | |
| With plural we use had instead of has so we can use has that's it. | |
| Rajesh said: (Sep 14, 2014) | |
| When two past sentences are discussing then one should past perfect (had+v3) and another one should be in simple past. | |
| Haravind said: (Sep 15, 2014) | |
| There is two actions one is newer action and another one is older action. So older action comes with had. | |
| Vikram said: (Oct 10, 2014) | |
| As there are two actions given. And one of them occurred first, so the first action should come with "had"/ past perfect tense and the second action come up with simple past tense. | |
| Shekhar said: (Nov 16, 2014) | |
| This conversation started in past and end in past. So we use past perfect here had rung is right. | |
| Prince said: (Jun 2, 2015) | |
| I think the easy way to understand is, "Past perfect tense is used before the past action". | |
| Jay Kacha said: (Sep 25, 2015) | |
| Both the actions are completed in the past. So, for any action that is completed in the past before another action in the past use past perfect. | |
| Umesh Jaiswal said: (Oct 9, 2015) | |
| Here simple concept of Had+3rd. Before V2 of verb. V2 of verb after had+3rd. |
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| Priya said: (Jun 1, 2016) | |
| @Sundar you are right. | |
| Sanjana said: (Apr 27, 2020) | |
| Why it is not in past continuous? | |
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