昨天说好"三天前见"到底是three days ago还是three days before?
为什么学霸总在强调"时态CP不能拆"?
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永远倒着数:"现在往前推X时间"
固定句式:时间段 + ago(三天前=three days ago)
时态CP:必须搭配一般过去时
可当连词/介词/副词(职场万金油实锤)
句式百变:before + 时间点 或单独使用
时态CP:最爱过去完成时
经典错误1号:
I have seen this movie three days before.?
正确姿势:I saw this movie three days ago.
(ago表示从现在往前推,必须用过去时)
史诗级翻车2号:
She left before I arrived.?
正确姿势:She had left before I arrived.
("离开"发生在"到达"之前,要用过去完成时)
时间对比:It's warmer now than before.
优先级暗示:Quality comes before quantity.
固定搭配:Before long(不久之后)
绝对不能单独使用!
I met him ago.→ I met him a week ago.
Ago往前倒着数,过去时态好CP
Before灵活像海王,完成时态是正房
当你想说"他在会前吃了三碗面",应该选:
A. He ate noodles three hours before the meeting.
B. He had eaten noodles three hours ago the meeting.
正确答案:A!
解析:before直接连接时间点"the meeting",而ago需要时间段且不能直接跟名词哦~