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Sentence Improvement question 26

Choose the best replacement for the part in square brackets. If no change is needed, choose 'No improvement'.
By the time we reached the cinema, the film [already started].

  1. was already start
  2. had already started
  3. has already started
  4. No improvement
Answer and explanation

Answer: B. had already started

Explanation: An action completed before another past action takes the past perfect: the film had already started.

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