Bonjour,
Réponse :
a. In the 1880s drinking tea had become fashionable in high society and it continued after that.
b. The British didn’t try to talk to the Emperor because they had tried before.
c. Robert had already shaved his head when he started working as a spy.
d. Juliet had visited the best tearooms in London in 2013, then she
discovered in 2017.
( Il est ici correct de mettre un prétérit simple dans la première dans la mesure où il n’y a pas de lien direct entre les deux propositions. )
e. Yesterday I didn’t want another cup of tea because I had already had two.
Explications :
PRÉTÉRIT: pour les actions passées, terminées ...
PAST PERFECT: pour des actions antérieures à des actions passées ( on dit que c'est du passé dans le passé ) ==> had + participe passé
