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ID
1498735
Banca
IDECAN
Órgão
INMETRO
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
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A man stepped onto the overnight train and told the conductor, “I need you to wake me up  in Philadelphia. I'm a  deep sleeper and can be angry when I get up, but no matter what, I want you to help me make that stop. Here's $100 to  make sure".

The conductor agreed. The man  fell asleep, and when he awoke he heard  the announcement  that  the  train was  approaching New York, which meant they had passed Philadelphia a long time ago.  Furious, he ran to the conductor. “I gave you $100 to make sure I got off in Philadelphia, you idiot!"  “Wow," another passenger said to his traveling companion. “Is that guy mad!"  “Yeah," his companion replied. “But not half as mad as that guy they forced off the train in Philadelphia." 

                                                         (English2Go, No 7,The Reader's Digest Association, 2005. P. 80.) 

In “They had passed Philadelphia a long time ago" the verb tense is a:

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  • When we talk about something that happened in the past we sometimes want to refer back to something that happened before that time. We can use the past perfect tense (had + past participle) to do this.


    Look at these two sentences.

    John left the house at 7:30 yesterday morning.Mary rang John’s doorbell at 8:15 yesterday.

    Both actions happened in the past so we use the past simple tense. But look at how we can combine the sentences.

    Mary rang John’s doorbell at 8:15 yesterday but John had already left the house.

    We use the past perfect (had left) because the action happened before another action in the past (Mary rang the doorbell.)


    - See more at: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/past-perfect#sthash.8KG8EyIc.dpuf

  • a-

    past perfect designa o passado do passdo, quando uma ação ocorre antes de outra passada. Nao ha diferenciação entre niveis anteriores de ações, ou o passado do passado do passado usara tambem past perfect, cabendo ao leitor fazer a associação por contexto. e.g.: Before he set out to walk about the town yesterday, he had taken stock of his signature seal being broken. It had been done the night before, and he had lost a majhong game despite his attempts at tunneling.