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Help me with this tense please
Message de chienthang posté le 23-10-2007 à 04:37:36 (S | E | F | I)
Himy friends,

Can anyone help me with this sentence please? I have to put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense

Situation: I am speaking with one friend about what happened yesterday.

Yesterday, he just (get) home when you (phone). He (be) in Paris.

And I have done this like this:

Yesterday he had just got home when you phoned. He had been in Paris.

Is this correct? If I put the verb "be" in the past simple, is it correct too?
If yes, can you explain me why?

Thank you very much

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Réponse: Help me with this tense please de hjackie, postée le 23-10-2007 à 07:42:16 (S | E)
hello,

your answers are correct. you could also write : he was just getting home.
your answer means he has been home for a few momets, this one means he was just arriving. he had been could be used but i would prefer he was as obviously the action is over and the time of it is known, as he has just returned
I would like to send you a smiley but don't know how
hjackie

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Réponse: Help me with this tense please de chienthang, postée le 23-10-2007 à 10:01:58 (S | E)
Thank you very much Hjackie.

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Réponse: Help me with this tense please de touch-of-piink3, postée le 26-10-2007 à 21:34:06 (S | E)
Hello, i'm french and I shall like to correspond with an English person.
My msn : ***@****pour votre sécurité, les adresses emails sont interdites sur le site, merci de communiquer par messages privés****
night !

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