Question

Rohan __________ the movie before he read the review.
1 point
watches
have watched
had watched
was watching
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Answer 1

Rohan had watched the movie before he read the review.

• The past perfect tense of the verb is used to denote actions that have been completed before the other action started.
• In the given sentence, the speaker is trying to reveal that Rohan has completed the action of watching a movie before reading the review.
• Whereas 'watches' is the simple present form and 'was watching' is the past continuous form.
• So, the correct form of the verb is 'had watched'

Answer 2

Answer:

• Rohan had watched the movie before he read the review.

Explanation:

• The above sentence is an example of past perfect tense.
• The sentence has two events. First event is 'Rohan had watched the movie' and second even is 'he read the review.'
• Grammatically method of past perfect tense is used to express the first event and second event is written in past Indefinite tense.
• Past perfect tense has an auxiliary verb and it is 'had'.
• Past participle form of verb is used as main verb.