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Rewrite the following sentences, using the past perfect tense in the spaces given. a. I wanted to highlight all the programmes I.......................... b. My sister showed me the marks she…

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Rewrite the following sentences, using the past perfect tense in the spaces given. a. I wanted to highlight all the programmes I.......................... b. My sister showed me the marks she .......................... c. Students wanted to study all the books they.......................... d. The teachers visited all the places they .......................... e. I could not repair the telephone that..........................

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The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past. It is formed using the auxiliary verb **had** + the past participle of the main verb. Below are the rewritten sentences using the past perfect tense:

**a.** I wanted to highlight all the programmes I **had attended**.

**b.** My sister showed me the marks she **had obtained**.

**c.** Students wanted to study all the books they **had selected**.

**d.** The teachers visited all the places they **had identified**.

**e.** I could not repair the telephone that **had broken**.

**Explanation of each sentence:**

- **a.** The action of wanting to highlight the programmes happened after the programmes had already taken place. Hence, the past perfect tense (**had attended**) is used.

- **b.** The marks were shown after they were obtained, so the past perfect tense (**had obtained**) is appropriate.

- **c.** The students wanted to study the books after they had already chosen them, requiring the past perfect tense (**had selected**).

- **d.** The teachers visited the places after they had already identified them, so the past perfect tense (**had identified**) is used.

- **e.** The telephone could not be repaired because it had already broken, hence the past perfect tense (**had broken**) is used.

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