Question

Connect tense of the following
1. The light went out while I (read)
a newspaper.
2. I (write) a letter before he arrived. ​

Answer 1

1. The light went out while I was reading a newspaper.
2. I wrote a letter before he arrived.

Answer 2

ANSWER :

• 1. The light went out while I (read) a newspaper.

➩ The light went out while I was reading a newspaper.

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✠ Note :-

• ✎ This sentence is in Past Tense.

• ✎ In the first part of the sentence, Simple Past Tense is used and in the second part of the sentence Past Continuous Tense is used.

• ✎ Sentence Structure of Simple Past Tense :

★ Subject + Past form of Verb + Complement

• ✎ Sentence Structure of Past Continuous Tense :

★ Subject + Was/Were + Present Participle form of Verb + Complement

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• 2. I (write) a letter before he arrived.

➩ I had written a letter before he arrived.

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✠ Note :-

• ✎ This sentence is in Past Tense.

• ✎ In the first part of the sentence, Past Perfect Tense is used and in the second part of the sentence, Simple Past Tense is used.

• ✎ Sentence Structure of Simple Past Tense :

★ Subject + Past form of Verb + Complement

• ✎ Sentence Structure of Past Perfect Tense :

★ Subject + Had + Past Participle form of Verb + Complement