Questions about tenses

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Questions about tenses

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1. We had expected that they ... fluent English, but
in fact they didn't.

(a) spoke
(b) had spoken
(c) would speak

Which answer is correct?

2. We expected that they would speak fluent English, but in fact they didn't.

Is the sentence grammatically correct?

Many thanks.
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Re: Questions about tenses

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1. (c) makes the best sense.

2. Yes.
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