Search from various Tiếng Anh teachers...
arthurbinson
''Did you have dinner last night?''
Greeting,
based on the sentence above, can I just say ''Had you eaten last night?'' ..? Is it correct as well? pls let me know, thx :)
16 Thg 09 2012 02:24
Bình luận · 3
"Did you have dinner last night?" is fine. You're just asking a question for general information. You would use the past perfect ("Had you eaten last night?") if you were trying to contrast it with other events in the past that happened after dinner.
16 tháng 9 năm 2012
So if I say, ''Did you have eaten last night?'', is the meaning still the same as ''had you eaten last night?'' ..?
16 tháng 9 năm 2012
"Did you have dinner last night?" would be a better way to phrase that.
I could have eaten at any time last night, so if you want to ask about dinner specifically, you should include that in the question.
The past perfect tense is also not really appropriate here. Check out this website to review when to use it: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html
Hope that helps.
16 tháng 9 năm 2012
arthurbinson
Kỹ năng ngôn ngữ
Tiếng Anh, Tiếng In-đô-nê-xi-a, Tiếng Malay
Ngôn ngữ đang học
Tiếng Anh
Bài viết Bạn Có lẽ Cũng Thích

Same Word, Different Meaning: American, British, and South African English
23 lượt thích · 17 Bình luận

How to Sound Confident in English (Even When You’re Nervous)
19 lượt thích · 13 Bình luận

Marketing Vocabulary and Phrases for Business English Learners
16 lượt thích · 6 Bình luận
Thêm bài viết
