English Problem

Hugo

Tom __________(kill) by his sister when I has just finished my homework.
A. is killed
B. was killed
C. has been killed
D. was being killed
E. has being killed

Which one is correct?

細薯

is it B??

rogergeot

B

Hugo

Originally posted by rogergeot at 2004-4-19 08:44 PM:
B

But there is a 'has' after I.Should we use past tense?

rogergeot

When we talk about a period of time that continues from the past until now, we use the present perfect (has finished). So, we should use past tense.

霏

Ｓｉｎｃｅ　”Ｋｉｌｌ　ｓｂ”　ｔａｋｅｓ　ｍｏｒｅ　ｔｉｍｅ　ｔｈｅｎ　”ｄｏｉｎｇ　
ｙｏｕｒ　ｈｏｍｅｗｏｒｋ”，Ｓｏ　ｙｏｕ　ｓｈｏｕｌｄ　ｕｓｅ　ｐａｓｔ　ｔｅｎｓｅ．
Ｉｔ　ｍｅａｎｓ　”Ｋｉｌｌ　ｓｂ”　ｔｏ　ｂｅ　ｈａｐｐｅｎｅｄ　
ｅａｒｌｉｅｒ　ｔｈａｎ　”ｄｏｉｎｇ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｈｏｍｅｗｏｒｋ”

oscar

Timeline:
                      |Doing Homework|
----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------->
                                              |                Now
                     Finished Homework,Tom's sister killed Tom

Is it much more clear to have a timeline?

細薯

Originally posted by oscar at 2004-4-19 11:08 PM:
Timeline:
                      |Doing Homework|
----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------->
                                              |         ...

the timeline 有D亂..........=.=

ben

我唸應該係用ｃ～～

小卡

Originally posted by ben at 2004-4-24 08:29 AM:
我唸應該係用ｃ～～

以from1離講,一句句子唔理該有兩個pp