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Fill in the blank with the correct tense: She ______ the presentation before the board arrived.

1. completes
2. has completed
3. completed
4. had completed

Correct answer: had completed

Solution

The action of completing the presentation happened before another past action, “the board arrived.” Past perfect tense is used for the earlier of two past actions.

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