Answer:
Amit bought a camera from his friend Deepak last month. Deepak sold the camera to him for two hundred rupees. Amit paid for the camera in cash. Amit knew almost nothing about photography at that time. Deepak gave a book with complete directions.
a. bought
b. sold
c. paid
d. knew
e. gave
Explanation:
The options for each blank give us several tenses, such as simple past, present perfect, simple present, etc. However, with one simple information, we realize that the simple past is the best option for all the blanks.
The simple past tense in English is used to talk about actions performed at a specific time in the past. And that time must be clear to everyone involved in the conversation. In the passage we are analyzing here, the specific time when all the actions performed took place is stated right at the beginning: last month. For this reason, we can use the simple past, since all the actions happened last month.
