The train ______ by the time we reached the station.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. had already left
- Step 1: The leaving happened before another past event (we reached), so the past perfect is needed.
Answer
had already left.
Why not the others: already left, has already left and was already leaving don't fit.
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