Identify the correct tense form of the underlined part in the given sentence.…
2023
Identify the correct tense form of the underlined part in the given sentence. I had finished writing the letter when he arrived.
- A.
Past Perfect Continuous
- B.
Simple Past
- C.
Present Perfect
- D.
Past Perfect
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Correct answer: D
Correct answer: Past Perfect
Explanation: The underlined phrase had finished is in the Past Perfect tense. This tense is formed with had + past participle and is used to show that one past action was completed before another past action.
Form: had + past participle (for example, had finished).
Use: to show that this action was completed before another past action (here, the completion 'had finished' happened before the later action he arrived).
How to spot it: find the later past event (here 'he arrived' in simple past); the earlier event will be in past perfect with 'had' before the verb.