Choose the correct form of the verb given in the brackets.
1. The people ___ before the Chief Minister arrived. (had arrived, arrived)
Answers
"Had Arrived is the correct answer".
The people arrived is just simple past tense.
Simple past tense is used when another action is not mentioned which might be after that action.
eg. He arrived yesterday is the correct sentence and He had arrived yesterday is the wrong sentence as there is only one action which is being spoken about.
Participles are used when we speak about action which are done before other specified actions.
In the question it is mentioned that the chief minister arrived and that the people were there before him.
Hence as there is another specified action, had arrived will be the correct answer.
The people had arrived before the Chief Minister arrived.
Explanation:
- The past perfect tense can be used ‘past before the past happening’. This past participle can be used for talking about an event that is happened before the occurrence of another event in the past.
- The syntax of forming the past participle is ‘had + past participle’. For example, ‘I had studied science before I traveled in England’.
- Thus in this question, it is appropriate to use ‘had arrived’ rather than using just ‘arrived’.
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