A question about the tense...
'What did you forget to do before you went to bed?' this is the answer of my exercise book's, but I was surprised that why it isn't 'What had you forgot to do before you went to bed?'

I remeber my teacher has told me 'the sentence which happend in the past in the past should fill in 'had done'.'

O_O_O_O_O help...thanks!

Question

A question about the tense...
'What did you forget to do before you went to bed?' this is the answer of my exercise book's, but I was surprised that why it isn't 'What had you forgot to do before you went to bed?'

I remeber my teacher has told me 'the sentence which happend in the past in the past should fill in 'had done'.'

O_O_O_O_O help...thanks!

Answer

It's a normal sequence of events, so "what did you forget to do before..." is the correct tense.

The rule you are thinking of is past perfect (had forgotten), but I don't think it applies here. Past perfect is introduced in English lessons as the earlier event of two events in the past, but the rules are a little more complex (note my first sentence: a normal sequence of events).

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