<p>After Gertrude Ederle (had swam) the English Channel, she (was celebrated as) the first woman ever (to accomplish) (the feat). (No Error)</p>
<p>The correct answer is
(had swam)</p>
<p>Why?
(had swam) begun and ended in the past. Also, it was disturbed by another action: she (was celebrated).</p>
<p>Also, this is the only type of questions I get wrong. I simply don't know how to use the tenses correctly, I guess, and no book explains it well enough.</p>
<p>Woah, alright…
I better start looking at lists of irregular verbs lol…</p>
<p>Another question, same page 13:</p>
<p>(In 1508), the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon - (the same) Ponce de Leon who later (would seek) the fountain of youth - landed on Puerto Rico (accompanied) by a small force. (No Error)</p>
<p>The answer is (No Error)
I’m again a little bit confused. I put down (would seek) as the answer - but apparently it’s correct. Could someone tell me why? When can you use “would…something” ?</p>
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<p>Yep, looked it up.
Would is correctly used for FUTURE in the PAST.
Neat.</p>
<p>Its the sequence of tense.
Basically it’s later, so kinda in the future so who want to put “will”.
But you notice it’s also in the past “in 1508” so you say “would”.</p>
<p>Would is used as will in the past.
Would is used when you have conditionnal clause, like “if something, subject + would + verb (inf)”.</p>