Question

The past simple tense / the past perfect tense Emily Dickinson (0) was (be) one of the three children of Edward Dickinson, a US congressman. She (1) _____(be) born and (2) ______ (grow up) in Amherst, Massachusetts. She (3) ______(not like) social activities and she (4) (live) a lonely life in Amherst. She (5) (not leave) her father's house and (6) _____ (have) few visitors. She (7) ______ (write) beautiful poems and very few people and (8) _____(know) about it. Before Emily (9) ____ (die) she (10) ______(write) more than 1000 poems. In 1886 her poems (11) _______ (made) her famous all over.

Answer 1

1 was bornt, 2 grew up,3did not like,4lived,5 did not leave,6 had,7wrote,8knew,9died,10 had written,11 made

Answer 2

I will answer in detail. The past simple tense / the past perfect tense Emily Dickinson (0) was (be) one of the three children of Edward Dickinson, a US congressman. She (1) was (be) born and (2) grew up (grow up) in Amherst, Massachusetts. She (3) did not like (not like) social activities and she (4) lived (live) a lonely life in Amherst. She (5) did not leave (not leave) her father's house and (6) had (have) few visitors. She (7) wrote (write) beautiful poems and very few people (8) knew (know) about it. Before Emily (9) died (die) she (10) had written (write) more than 1000 poems. In 1886 her poems (11) were made (made) her famous all over.

The past simple tense is used to describe actions or events that happened in the past and are not connected to the present. The past perfect tense is used to describe actions or events that happened before another past action or event. We use the past perfect to show the order of the past events or to emphasize that an event was completed before another one.

In the sentence, we use the past simple tense for most of the verbs, because they describe Emily Dickinson's life in the past. We use the past perfect tense for the verb write in the clause before Emily died she had written more than 1000 poems, because this action happened before another past action (her death). We also use the past perfect tense for the verb make in the clause in 1886 her poems were made her famous all over, because this action happened before the present time.