TEZPUR 2025 — English PYQ
TEZPUR | English | 2025choose the correct sentence:
Choose the correct answer:
- A.
By the time we arrived, the show has started
- B.
By the time we arrived, the show was starting.
- C.
By the time we arrived, the show had started.
(Correct Answer) - D.
By the time we arrived, the show starts.
By the time we arrived, the show had started.
Explanation
The correct answer is (c) By the time we arrived, the show had started.
This sentence uses the past perfect tense to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past. In grammar, when an event occurs prior to another past event, we use the following structural relationship:
PastEvent1(Completed)=Past Perfect (had + past participle)
PastEvent2(Reference)=Simple Past
Mapping these to the sentence components:
"the show had started"(Event1) occurred before "we arrived"(Event2)
Explanation
The correct answer is (c) By the time we arrived, the show had started.
This sentence uses the past perfect tense to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past. In grammar, when an event occurs prior to another past event, we use the following structural relationship:
PastEvent1(Completed)=Past Perfect (had + past participle)
PastEvent2(Reference)=Simple Past
Mapping these to the sentence components:
"the show had started"(Event1) occurred before "we arrived"(Event2)

