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My friends asked two grammar questions.. though I can pick up the correct answers, I can't explain clearly why other answers are wrong Here are the questions: 1. ____ a noise just then? a.Have you heard b.Did you hear c.Were you hearing d.Are you hearing the answer is b ,but why not a or c 2. Look! It's eleven o'clock. We ____the train. a.just miss b.had just missed c.were just missing d.have just missed isn't it the past time? the answer is d (why b is wrong? ) thanks a lot ! -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.109.227.99
bird6978:"just then" means it happened in the past, a,d are w 11/21 09:53
bird6978:wrong,in addition, u cannot be hearing a noise 11/21 09:55
bird6978:so c is wrong 11/21 09:58
bird6978:Q2, b is wrong because of "It's 11" . it means you 11/21 09:59
bird6978:are at 11, it's present tense. u have to choose d 11/21 10:00
bird6978:Time bar: miss train->now present prefect tense 11/21 10:03