Grammar Answer 1/6/09

The answer is 4!

The rule is:

Verbs are actions and actions take place in time – aka “tense”.

• Answer 1 is wrong because both verbs are in the past tense but one action “prepared” takes place before the other “succeeded”.
• Answer 2 is wrong because the action that occurred before “prepares” is expressed in the present tense.
• Answer 3 is wrong because the action that occurred before is expressed in the future tense “must prepare”.

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Before the man succeeded, he prepared. Before the man succeeded, he prepares. Before the man succeeded, he must prepare. Before the man succeeded, he had prepared.

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