Which sentence uses the correct verb tense?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. By the time we arrived, the film had started.
- Step 1: The past perfect shows that the film started before we arrived. Answer: By the time we arrived, the film had started. Why not the others: By the time we arrived, the film has started., By the time we arrived, the film starts. and By the time we arrived, the film will start. don't fit.
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