Multiple choice question...
It looked on before ___ its attention to the matador.
A. it turned
B. it was turning
C. to turn
D. turn

I really wonder the 'LOOK' ---this movement was happened before turning attention to the matador, so why doesn't it be 'it had looked on'

Thanks

Question

Multiple choice question...
It looked on before ___ its attention to the matador.
A. it turned
B. it was turning
C. to turn
D. turn

I really wonder the 'LOOK' ---this movement was happened before turning attention to the matador, so why doesn't it be 'it had looked on'

Thanks

Answer

That's a good question.  If you have a simple sequence of past events, then each event is expressed in the simple past.  
"I did my homework.  Then I ate my dinner. Then I went to see my friend"

This is an example of the use of the past perfect.
"By the time I was ready to eat my dinner, I had already done my homework."

In this second case, we are learning more about a specific time in the past - the time when you were ready for dinner.  The past perfect is used toi tells us what happened before this specific time - you had done your homework.

I recommend you do a few grammar exercises on the past perfect to consolidate your knowledge, for example, from www.englishpage.com

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PS...
 I don't think it's merited for you guys to answer...I just don't know how I can be polite to ask this in English... I am so sorry for this!

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