She had laughed is past perfect

English as a Second Language English Teacher Explanations (ESL Tests)
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Dear Alan,

I am sorry to tell you that there might be a little mistake in your test, or better in the answer.

Test No. [color=blue]incompl/elem-13 “Grammar Questions”, question 4

Which of these tenses is Past Perfect Simple? It is ….

(a) She had laughed
(b) She has been laughing
(c) She laughed
(d) She was laughing

Test No. [color=blue]incompl/elem-13 “Grammar Questions”, answer 4

Which of these tenses is Past Perfect Simple? It is She had laughed.

Correct answer: (a) She had laughed
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I tried Elementary test 13.
The fourth question:
Which of these tenses is Past Perfect Simple? It is
I answered with She had laughed
The computer said that is wrong and wrote down the same answer as I did.
I wonder why the computer did that. Neither the question is wrong answered or not but he can’t give me my own answer. :?

Best regards
:twisted: teufelchen53

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Hi Teufelchen,

Thanks for your email. You are absolutely right and the computer is absolutely wrong. I’ll pass this on to my colleagues who understand these things.

Thanks again and have a nice weekend

Alan

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Yes your answer is correct. [color=blue]She had laughed is Past Perfect.[YSaerTTEW443543]

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I just wonder, why “she laughed” is not past perfect?
Could you please explain why?

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Hi Merry,

Welcome to our forum. “She laughed” is simple past. You probably know some of the English tenses? As I understand there is only one tense in Chinese so having different tenses might be a new concept to you. You can take it one at a time and if you like we can guide you through the process.

Let me know what you think.
Regards,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Hi Torsten,

Thanks for your explain. I learned english tenses in high school, Unfortunately, All lessons was teached by Chinese.
so I think I know the english tenses in Chinese words. So Could you tell me all english tenses by english words. or give me a link that can teach me about english tenses. I think it will be more helpful for me. Thank You.

I hope you can get my means.

P.S. For Chinese, We always use different words to express the tenses. so tenses is really confused and a little hard for me.

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Hi Merry,

You can start by reading this story which illustrates how the simple present can be used.

Let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

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And here is a brief overview of the English tenses.
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Hi Mister,

Thank you. the link you give me is really helpful. Thank You so much

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[color=darkblue]Teacher Torsten,

Which of these tenses is Past Perfect Simple? It is …

color=blue She had laughed
(b) She has been laughing
© She laughed
(d) She was laughing
[size=150]my answer is letter [color=blue]A.[/size]
Am I correct?

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Hello Torsten…
I wonder [color=blue]how can a single tense serve the whole language to differentiate all the times of events…Chinese language is already a difficult one, I believe, for a foreigner to learn …but all these disparities could lead to more difficulty to understand the grammar of the language.

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Hey Torsten i’ve made a mistake in question 4. but i think it is not bad to have 9 from 10. i’ve checked info about right answer, so thanks.

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ohh my god
actually I knew that past perfect is with using had+past participle of the verb…
but my bad, I didn’t read the question carefully and couldn’t pay attention to the word “perfect” in the question
well, actually I’ve learned from school saying like
“Past Perfect tense”
then why is it said like Past perfect simple?

anyway accidentally I thought it was to write simple past…cus the question made me a confusion…

thank you my teachers
please correct me

Amal.

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Hello all teacher: I still confuse about past perfect simple. As I know past perfect tense is : S+had+past participle…but when do I should use that tense ?
please help me improve it…thanks lot.

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