[Grammar] She(prepare) dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately.

[abo.omar]

She(prepare) dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately.

( prepared- had prepared- prepared-was preparing)
-My answer is prepared because the context suggests that the two actions happened at the same time.
-I have another question about "able to".
Is it correct to use able to in such a context?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

She(prepare) dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately.

( prepared- had prepared- prepared-was preparing)
-My answer is prepared because the context suggests that the two actions happened at the same time.

No. If she prepared it when you arrived, then you had to wait until it was ready before you could eat, so you could not have eaten immediately.

-I have another question about "able to". Is it correct to use able to in such a context?

It's grammatical but untrue. If she didn't start making dinner until you got there, then you were not able to eat immediately. You had to wait.

Choose the one that says dinner was ready when you arrived.

 

[abo.omar]

Choose the one that says dinner was ready when you arrived.

Is this sentence correct?

She had prepared dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately.

what do you mean by " It's grammatical but untrue.'? I can not understand it?

 

[Tarheel]

Is this sentence correct?

She had prepared dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately.

what do you mean by "It's grammatical but untrue"? I do not understand it.

The sky is pink.

Is that grammatical? Is it true?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Is this sentence correct?

She had prepared dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately.

Yes. That means dinner was ready when you arrived.
What do you mean by "It's grammatical but untrue"? I cannot/can't understand it.

If she did not make dinner until you arrived, then she was NOT able to serve it when you got there.

Now you know!

Only use a question mark when the sentence is a question.

 

[Tarheel]

abo.omar, please don't say you can't understand something. (Instead, say you don't understand.) If it's really true that you can't understand something there's no point in asking questions. In fact, I am quite sure that you are pretty smart.
:-D

 

[tedmc]

She had prepared dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately.

Or
She had the dinner prepared/ready when I arrived...

 

[emsr2d2]

Where did you find that exercise?

 

[abo.omar]

Where did you find that exercise?

Sorry to say it is from a Facebook group.

 

[abo.omar]

Or
She had the dinner prepared/ready when I arrived...

I think it may imply a different meaning that someone else , a third person, prepared the dinner for " she" and "I'.

 

[abo.omar]

She had prepared dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately. That means she prepared it before I arrived. Then she served it.
She prepared dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately.That means she started to prepare it when I arrived and served it soon ( not logic).
That what I mean from the very beginning. But the word immediately puzzled me and it is not suitable for my second explanation..
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he(prepare) dinner when I arrived, so we were able to eat immediately.

( prepared- had prepared- prepared-was preparing)
So had prepared is the only answer here.
Am I correct?

 

[abo.omar]

The sky is pink.

Is that grammatical? Is it true?

Yes, it is grammatical, but untrue.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes, it is grammatical, but untrue.

So do you understand why I said it in post #2?

 

[Tarheel]

I would prefer:

She had dinner prepared when I arrived.