Question

Fill in the verb
The police ____________ four thieves last night. (Catch)

Answer 1

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The police had caught four thieves last night.

Answer 2

The answer is 'caught.'

The police caught four thieves last night.

Simple Past Tense

• Past tense states the actions that have happened in the past.

• Past tense has four types- simple past tense, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous.

• The given sentence simply states the events that had happened in the past. Therefore, it takes a simple past tense.

• Since no continuous or corresponding actions have been mentioned, the sentence will not take a past continuous or past perfect tense.