Post Utme Delsu 2025 English Question 18

Practice objective / multiple choice question 18 from the 2025 Post Utme Delsu English examination.

Post Utme Delsu 2025 English Objective / Multiple Choice
Question 18 POST_UTME_DELSU • 2025 • ENGLISH • objective

The sentence 'By the time I arrived, they had already eaten dinner.' is an example of a sentence that uses the past perfect tense to describe a past action that occurred before another past action. What is the correct form of the verb in parentheses?

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. By the time I arrived, they had already ______ (eat) dinner.
B. By the time I arrived, they had already ______ (eats) dinner.
C. By the time I arrived, they had already ______ (eating) dinner.
D. By the time I arrived, they had already ______ (eat) dinner.
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
By the time I arrived, they had already ______ (eat) dinner.

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This is Post Utme Delsu 2025 English Question 18. It is one of the objective questions from the 2025 Post Utme Delsu English examination.

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