Is it only past simple or posibly past perfect?

[Elga]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #92 "Tenses (3)", question 9

It doesn't make sense. I can't understand why he ......... at you last night.

(a) had shouted
(b) is shouting
(c) has should
(d) shouted

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #92 "Tenses (3)", answer 9

It doesn't make sense. I can't understand why he shouted at you last night.

Correct answer: (d) shouted
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is it only past simple or posibly past perfect?

Elga

[Yankee]

Hi

No, the past perfect is not appropiate in this sentence.

Past perfect can be used when you are talking about two past events, and one happened before the other. --> e.g. "We had already eaten when he arrived."

You will also find past perfect in "Type 3 IF-sentences".

Amy

[Pamela]

In addition to what Amy has said, the Present Perfect is never used with such adverbial modifiers of the past time as "yesterday","the other day","last week","last night"and so on.