Could you check if I have skipped any other mistakes?

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Could you check if I have skipped any other mistakes?

Could you check if I have skipped any other mistakes?

Find and correct the mistakes in the verb forms. (past perfect, past simple and past continuous tense)

This man stopped a drink driver. But he �s the one in trouble with the police.

Last weekend Jason Turner had seen (SAW) a drunk get into a car and drive off. A year earlier another drunk driver was injuring (HAD INJURED) a friend of his when he was knocking him off his motorbike ( HE KNOCKED HIM OFF). So Mr Turner, a 36-year-old financial dealer, had followed (FOLLOWED) the drunk in his own car. As they had driven along (WERE DRIVING ALONG) (by the way, what does the particle "along" add here?) , Mr Turner had shouted (SHOUTED / WAS SHOUTING) at the other driver. He was telling (TOLD? I think if you use the continuous tense in the previous gap, here the continuous would also be correct, since you are describing the situation) him to stop the car. But the other driver hadn �t taken (DIDN �T TAKE) any notice. Mr Turner later was telling (TOLD) the police that it was only then when he was trying (TRIED) to hit the other car. "The other car drove (WAS DRIVING) dangerously,", Mr Turner had explained (EXPLAINED)."And I was stopping him (STOPPED)."The pólice did not agree. Mr Turner had to pay 800$ for dangerous driving.

Thanks.

4 May 2015

Mrs Turner shouted, you cannot say was shouting because you do not have what she was shouting, her actual words.

And you cannot say was telling, the only solution here is TOLD.

4 May 2015

korova-daisy

This man stopped a drunk driver. But he ´s the one in trouble with the police.

Last weekend Jason Turner SAW a drunk get into a car and drive off. A year earlier another drunk driver HAD INJURED a friend of his when HE KNOCKED HIM OFF his motorbike . So Mr Turner, a 36-year-old financial dealer, FOLLOWED the drunk in his own car. As they WERE DRIVING ALONG , Mr Turner SHOUTED at the other driver. He TOLD him to stop the car. But the other driver DIDN ´T TAKE any notice. Mr Turner later TOLD the police that it was only then when he TRIED to hit the other car. "The other car WAS DRIVING dangerously," Mr Turner EXPLAINED "And I STOPPED him."The pólice did not agree. Mr Turner had to pay 800$ for dangerous driving.

4 May 2015

yanogator

Pedro, you are right about shouted/was shouting and told/was telling. It �s not clear if he shouted only once or over a period of time, both of which make sense. We don �t have to have his actual words to use "was shouting".

Bruce

4 May 2015

gharbi2009

I �m wondering if it isn �t more suitable to say "....Turner saw a drunk getting into his car and driving off" to stress actions in progress which showed that the man was "drunk"

4 May 2015