Question

After they ___ lunch, the boys ran outside.
A)Have Eaten B) Had Eaten C) Were Eating
D) Would Eat​

Answer 1

after they had eaten lunch, the boys ran outside.

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Answer 2

Answer: The correct answer is "had eaten". After they had eaten___ lunch, the boys ran outside.

Explanation:

Significance and usage of past perfect:

• There are two events which occured here one after an another and both are in the past tense. Thus according to the rule if two events occurs consequently then one sentence is the past perfect and the second one is simple past.
• In the given sentence the first sentence is past perfect which is followed by simple past sentence.
  The past perfect can be used to demonstrate the sequence of two previous occurred events. The past simple displays the later activity, while the past perfect displays the earlier action.
• For example the sentence is The thief had already fled when the police showed there. The sequence in which we state the two events is not necessary. The meaning is the same in the next clause.
  When the police arrived, the thief had already fled.
• The past perfect is not used when there is only one event, even if it occurred a long time ago. Latin was the language of Rome. (NOT The Latin was spoken by the Romans.)

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