By the time the inspector arrived, Mona ___ the report.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. had finished
- Step 1: When one past action happened before another, the earlier one takes the past perfect.
- Step 2: Finishing came before the inspector arrived, so "had finished" is needed.
Answer
had finished.
Why not the others: finished, has finished and would finish do not fit here.
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