Question

Время правильно расставить. 1.Pierre (own) a selling boat for several years before he ( sale) it. 2.We (drive) for five hours when suddenly the car (break) down

Answer 1

Ответ:

• Pierre had owned a selling boat for several years before he sale it.

• We had been driving for five hours when suddenly the car broke down

Объяснение:

                                                        (на счет первого не уверен.)

Answer 2

1. Pierre owned a selling boat for several years before he sold it. 2. We had been driving for five hours when suddenly the car broke down.

Explanation:

1. The correct verb forms for the sentences are as follows: - Pierre owned (past simple) a selling boat for several years before he sold (past simple) it. - We had been driving (past perfect continuous) for five hours when suddenly the car broke down (past simple).

2. In the first sentence, Pierre owned a selling boat for several years. The verb "owned" is in the past simple tense, indicating an action that happened in the past. The boat was owned by Pierre for a period of time before he sold it. The verb "sold" is also in the past simple tense, indicating the action of selling the boat.

Source 1: "The past simple tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past. It is used for actions that happened at a specific time or for a specific period in the past." [[1]]

In the second sentence, the car broke down suddenly. The verb "broke" is in the past simple tense, indicating the action of the car breaking down. The phrase "had been driving" is in the past perfect continuous tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continued up until a specific point in the past. In this case, the action of driving had been ongoing for five hours before the car broke down.

Source 2: "The past perfect continuous tense is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up until another time in the past." [[2]]

It is important to use the correct verb tenses to accurately convey the sequence of events and the timing of actions in a sentence.