Question

Choose the correct past perfect or past perfect continuous form of the verb from the given options.
There were no shops in the village. They all ____________ down.

• A. Did close
• B. Were closing
• C. Have closed
• D. Had closed

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Had closed

NOTE: The action of closing the shops happened before knowing that there were no shops. Hence, we will use the past perfect tense here.

Option A - 'Did close' can be used in the simple past tense to emphasise the verb. Thus option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'Were closing' is used to represent the sentence in the past continuous tense (action continuing in the past). Hence, option B is incorrect.

Option C - 'Have closed' is used to represent the sentence in the present perfect tense. It is used to explain an action that has been completed in the present. Hence, option C is incorrect.

Option D - 'Had' closed' is used to represent the sentence in the past perfect tense. It is used to explain an action that was completed in the past before the other action (here). Hence, option D is the correct answer.

'There were no shops in the village. They all had closed down.'