WBCS.LIVE practice question

Fill in the blank with the correct tense: 'I ___ my dinner before my friend arrived.'

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. ate
  2. have eaten
  3. had eaten
  4. was eating

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: had eaten

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: C) had eaten šŸ“š Explanation: When describing two completed actions in the past, the action that happened first must be expressed in the Past Perfect tense. Since eating dinner occurred before the friend's arrival, 'had eaten' is the grammatically correct choice. The simple past 'ate' would imply the actions happened at the exact same time.