Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he _________ (sing)in the rain too long.Correct answer is 'had been singing'. Can you explain this answer?

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Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he _________ (sing) in the rain too long.

Correct answer is 'had been singing'. Can you explain this answer?

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Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he _________ (sing)in the rain to...

Explanation:

Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he had been singing in the rain too long.

Reasoning:

Frank Sinatra caught the flu.

He caught the flu because he had been singing in the rain too long.

Explanation:

The past perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action that started in the past, continued for a specific duration, and was still ongoing when another action interrupted it.

Breakdown of the sentence:

"Frank Sinatra caught the flu" - This is the main action in the sentence, indicating that Frank Sinatra became ill.

"because he had been singing in the rain too long" - This is the reason for Frank Sinatra's flu. The past perfect continuous tense "had been singing" suggests that he was singing in the rain for a prolonged period before he caught the flu.

Inference:

Therefore, the correct answer is "had been singing" as it accurately reflects the past perfect continuous tense and explains the cause-effect relationship between Frank Sinatra's prolonged singing in the rain and his subsequent flu.

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