Question

He_ ( receive) the gift before he _ his birthday. ( celebrate) fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verb​

Answer 1

Answer:

He (received) the gift before he (celebrates) his birthday.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

He had received the gift before he celebrated his birthday.

Explanation :

• The above incomplete sentence is in mood of past perfect tense, that's why had is auxiliary verb here. Before in the above sentence suggests it.

• In past perfect tense two actions are happened, first action is called past perfect tense and second action is called simple past tense.

• Received is past participle form of receive and celebrated is past participle form of celebrate. In this tense before or after is used to indicate the first action and second action.

• Here 'He had received the gift' is a past perfect tense and 'he celebrated his birthday' is a simple past tense. Before admits that gift was received first, next his birthday was celebrated.

• Example : He had received the call before I went.

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