IMO here perfect tense is not required as the word before already indicates that one event happened before the other..


If john won, he would.......correct
Before John won, he was.......correct
if john had won, he would have.....correct
If john wins, he will...........correct


hope this helps Deepthi

bblast wrote:IMO here perfect tense is not required as the word before already indicates that one event happened before the other..


If john won, he would.......correct
Before John won, he was.......correct
if john had won, he would have.....correct
If john wins, he will...........correct


hope this helps Deepthi

Even I assumed the same and chose the simple past but that's not the correct answer.Here's the explanation -

Before John won the lottery, he was a poor locksmith.

A) won the lottery, he was a poor locksmith.

B) had won the lottery, he was a poor locksmith.

C) won the lottery, he had been a poor locksmith.

D) won the lottery, he were a poor locksmith.

E) wins the lottery, he was a poor locksmith.

This sentence talks about two things in the past, 1 - won the lottery

2 - was a poor locksmith

Since John was a poor locksmith before he won the lottery so the two things are taking place at different time periods.

Hence the thing that took place earlier (was a poor locksmith) will take the past perfect tense 'had' and the thing that

happened later (won) will take the simple past tense 'won'.

Thus the correct answer is C.