Question

(a) She _________ (leave) college last year.
(b) I _________ (watch) TV when father arrived.
(c) By the time I reached the station, the train __________ (arrive).
(d) I __________ (hadn’t / didn’t) sleep well last night.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) had left

was watching

arrived

didn t

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

1. left

2. was watching

3. had arrived

4. didn't

Tense

• In the given sentence, we need to fill in the blanks with the correct form of the tenses given in the brackets.

• She had left college last year. Thus, it takes a simple past tense.

• The second sentence takes a continuous tense as the speaker was continuing watching tv when the father arrived.

• Simple past tense had been given in the sentence. Therefore, the other one takes the past perfect tense.

• Since the simple form of the verb 'sleep' is given, it will take 'didn't.'