Venus.jam
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Dear teachers,
In the following sentences we are supposed to remove auxiliaries from the sentences and maintain the same tense in the original sentences.
1. I have wanted to see the Grand Canyon.
(The present perfect of the auxiliary verb “want” is “have wanted “. I wonder if we should remove only “want” as an auxiliary or its present perfect form as a whole (i.e. have wanted). After that, in order to maintain the tense of the original sentence, shall we change the main verb “see” to “have seen”? Or to see?
2. My son hadn’t been able to repair his car yet.
(Again, in this sentence shall we omit “hadn’t been able to” altogether as the present perfect form of “can” and then shall we change the main verb “repair” to “hadn’t repaired “ or didn’t repair? in order to maintain the tense of the original sentence?
Thanks in advance
In the following sentences we are supposed to remove auxiliaries from the sentences and maintain the same tense in the original sentences.
1. I have wanted to see the Grand Canyon.
(The present perfect of the auxiliary verb “want” is “have wanted “. I wonder if we should remove only “want” as an auxiliary or its present perfect form as a whole (i.e. have wanted). After that, in order to maintain the tense of the original sentence, shall we change the main verb “see” to “have seen”? Or to see?
2. My son hadn’t been able to repair his car yet.
(Again, in this sentence shall we omit “hadn’t been able to” altogether as the present perfect form of “can” and then shall we change the main verb “repair” to “hadn’t repaired “ or didn’t repair? in order to maintain the tense of the original sentence?
Thanks in advance