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Choose the correct form: 'By the time we arrived, the movie ___.'

Astarted
Bstarts
Chad started
Dhas started
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. had started
For an action completed BEFORE another past action, use past perfect ('had started'). 'By the time we arrived' = past event the movie starting was earlier.
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