Choose the correct option: By the time we arrived at the cinema, the film ___.
Awas start
Bstarts
Chas started
Dhad startedCORRECT
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Why the answer is D, and why the others tempt you.
One past action happened before another past action, so we use the past perfect 'had started'.
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