Question

Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense or the past perfect tense of the verb in the brackets.1. My father____had payed____(pay) his phone bill before he ___recieved___(receive) a reminder from the company .2. By the time Bunny_____reached__(reach) home ,everybody _______had eat__(eat) lunch.3. Gaurav______said___(say) he wasn't hungry as he ____________had ate__(eat) something on the way.4. Our teacher _______read___(read) the story to the class again though she __had read______(read) it to us before.5. I _went___________(go) to see Kung Fu Panda,although I __had seen______( saw) it twice before.

Answer 1

Simple Past & Past Perfect Tense

1.

• My father had payed his phone bill before he received a reminder from the company.
• The event of paying bill was completed before it arrived from the company.

2.

• By the time Bunny reached home, everybody had eaten lunch.
• The event of eating lunch was completed before Bunny came.

3.

• Gaurav said he wasn't hungry as he had eaten something on the way.
• Gaurav had already eaten and thus he wasn't hungry.

4.

• Our teacher read the story to the class again though she had read it to us before.
• The event of reading the story was performed before.

5.

• I went to see Kung Fu Panda, although I had seen it twice before.
• The event of seeing the movie was acted before.

Answer 2

1. Had payed

2. was eating/had eaten

(Both are correct)

3. was eating

4. read for both dashes

5. went, had seen