Please help me with SAT writing questions! lvl 5

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<p>Linking the sides of the gorge (was) a suspension bridge (built) a hundred years (earlier) by local farmers seeking to expedite travel between their fields (to) the marketplace.</p>

<p>I can see why "to" is wrong because "between X to Y"</p>

<p>but why is "built" correct? shouldn't it be "had been built" in past perfect tense as there is a sequence of time!</p>

<p>1st event: building of bridge
2nd event: was a suspension bridge</p>

<p>I always get these past perfect, present perfect, and generally sequence of time questions wrong. Could someone give me a lengthy or very informative info/know-how they've amassed?</p>

<p>thanks.</p>

<p>P.S. martin... -.-" (for a friend, please ignore) :)</p>

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<p>Participles can be modifiers. The sentence isn’t a verb tense question.</p>

<p>Ex: I ate a steak cooked by a blind chef.
Ex: This is a painting given to me by my deaf uncle.
Ex: Few know about the war fought between the Americans and the Canadians.</p>

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<p>Right… Very good. So basically, how do I decipher whether a question is a “sequence of time” question??</p>

<p>9char</p>