Identify the sentence written in past perfect tense.
a. She cooked the food when the guests arrived.
b. She had been cooking the food when the guests arrived.
c. She had cooked the food when the guests arrived.
d. She was cooking the food when the guests arrived.
Answers
Answer:
a.present continuous tense.b.future continuous tense.c.past continuous tense.d.past continuous tense
Question :-
Identify the sentence written in past perfect tense.
a. She cooked the food when the guests arrived.
b. She had been cooking the food when the guests arrived.
c. She had cooked the food when the guests arrived.
d. She was cooking the food when the guests arrived.
Answer :-
What is Past Perfect Tense :- It describes the event that occured before a specific time in the PAST.
➩ We usually use Had + Past Participle
Eg :- i) I had played guitar before I switched instrument with my sister.
ii) Arun had played soccer before he was moved to the basketball team.
Now let's answer the question!
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a. She cooked the food when the guests arrived.
➩ This sentence does not have word "had" so it is not Past Perfect Tense. It is in Simple Past Tense.
b. She had been cooking the food when the guests arrived.
➩ It is also not in Past Perfect Tense. It has word "had been" , which is used in Past Perfect Progressive Tense.
c. She had cooked the food when the guests arrived.
➩ This sentence is in Past Perfect Tense. Because it has word "had cooked".
d. She was cooking the food when the guests arrived.
➩ The sentence is not in Past Perfect Tense. Because it has word "was cooking", which refers to ongoing action that occured in past i.e Past Progressive Tense.
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