Two completed past actions are best told apart by:
ATheir lengths
BTheir spelling
CTheir loudness
DTheir tenses
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Their tenses
1. Both actions are over and done with.
2. Only the verb form shows which came first.
3. The tenses tell them apart, past perfect before simple past.
4. So the answer is their tenses.
_Source: NCERT Class 9 English Poorvi, Unit 1 'How I Taught My Grandmother to Read'_
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