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Is it possible to say "When I got home, Ben was lying on the sofa. The TV was on, but he wasn't watching it. He fell asleep and was snoring loudly"?

The answer is "had fallen asleep".

Could anyone explain the differences in this context and why the answer is so?

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  • He fell asleep would mean that he went to sleep just as the speaker arrived home!
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented May 17, 2022 at 8:10

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"fell asleep" means he just fell asleep, "had fell asleep" means he was already asleep. This context says that you got home and that he was already asleep, so it is "had fallen asleep".

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