Direction: Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

When we went to the cinema, the film already started.

Question

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SSC GD Constable (2022) Official Paper (Held On : 31 Jan 2023 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is "had already started."

Key Points

The past perfect tense "had already started" is the correct form to use in this sentence.
It indicates that the film had already started before the time of the past event (when we went to the cinema).
In this sentence, "had already started" is the correct past perfect tense to indicate that the action (the film starting) occurred before another past action (going to the cinema).
The correct answer is option 1.

Correct sentence: When we went to the cinema, the film had already started.

Additional Information

Option 4, "was already start", is missing the auxiliary verb "had" and is in the present tense instead of the past.
Option 2, "has started", is in the present perfect tense and implies that the film is still currently playing.
Option 3, "would already start", is a conditional tense and does not fit the context of the sentence. It implies that the film would have already started if a certain condition had been met.