Question

question 7 10 points read the sentence below for meaning; then choose the correct helping verb and past participle form by clicking the letter that indicates your choice. my aunt ______ the reception before i arrived. a had left b has left c have left

Explanation:

The sentence has a past - time marker "before I arrived" (the action of "arrived" is in the simple past). The action of "my aunt leaving the reception" happened before "I arrived", so we need to use the past perfect tense. The structure of the past perfect tense is "had + past participle". The past participle of "leave" is "left", so the correct form is "had left". Option B "has left" is the present perfect tense, which is used to describe an action that started in the past and has a connection with the present, and it doesn't fit the time sequence in this sentence. Option C "have left" is also the present perfect tense, and also, the subject "my aunt" is a third - person singular, so "have" is grammatically incorrect here.

Answer:

A. had left