Past | MCQs

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Past perfect tense uses "had" + past participle to show an action completed before another past action.

"Had gone" indicates the action was completed in the past.

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 So the complete sentence reads:

“He is harvesting the crop when it has ripped.”

“Has ripped” is the present perfect tense, which fits here because it refers to something that has just been completed, prompting the current action (harvesting).

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Past perfect continuous tense follows the structure: Subject + had been + verb (-ing) + duration.

It expresses an action that started in the past and continued for some time before another past event.

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The past tense "finished" is correct.

Because the sentence refers to an action completed in the past ("yesterday").

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In other words, man had been struggling hard for life.

Note: had been is the helping verb of Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

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He came from the East Indies and was drowned in the Thames.

We use second form in simple sentences of Past Indefinite Tense.

Came is the second form of a verb.

Drowned is the second form of a verb. 

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She realized that she had not turned the lights off. 

She realized = Past Indefinite Tense

Not turned the lights off = Past Perfect Tense

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This sentence is talking about two actions in the past.

In such case, we use Past Perfect Tense in first, we use Past Indefinite Tense in second. 

He had finished his work before father arrived ابو کے آنے سے پہلے وہ کام مکمل کرچکا تھا

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