Choose the correct form: When the delegates arrived, the speaker ___ begun.
AHas already
BHad already
CHave already
DWill already
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Had already
1. The beginning came before the delegates arrived.
2. The earlier action takes the past perfect.
3. So the correct form is had already begun.
4. The answer is had already.
_Source: NCERT Class 9 English Poorvi, Unit 1 'How I Taught My Grandmother to Read'_
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