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Question 1:
Darrel ________ (to decide) on a career of a software developer when he ________ (to be) twenty four. It _____ (not / to be) difficult because he _______ (to graduate) from IT college before.
A. decided / was / wasn't / had been graduating
B. decided / had been / wasn't / had graduated
C. decided / was / wasn't / had graduated
Feedback 1. We use the Past Simple for short actions in the past and actions which happened in a completed period of time: decided / was 24 / was difficult. 2. We use the Past Perfect to show that one action happened before another one: first he had graduated from the college and then he decided on a career.
D. decided / was / hadn't been / had graduated

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Test 3-Past Tenses | Upper-Intermediate English