Standard English ConventionsHardPast perfect for the earlier action
Standard English Conventions practice question
When the inspectors finally arrived, the owner ____ the faulty wiring and repainted the wall.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. had already replacedCorrect
- B. already replaces
- C. has already replaced
- D. already replacing
Answer: A. had already replaced
The replacing came before the arrival.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. already replaces
- Present tense.
- C. has already replaced
- Present perfect clashes with 'arrived'.
- D. already replacing
- Not a finite verb.
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