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    Question

    Fill in the blank by choosing he correct form of the

    Verb. By the time I met him, he __________ reading the voluminous novel.
    A had finished Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B was finishing Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C will finish Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D finished Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    EXPLANATION: The sentence describes an action in the past before another past event (meeting him). "By the time" indicates a completed action before the meeting occurred. "Had finished" is the past perfect tense, which is used to express an action completed before another past action. "Was finishing" is the past continuous tense, which indicates an ongoing action in the past, not a completed one. "Will finish" is the future tense, not relevant to the past actions described. "Finished" alone is the simple past tense, not specific enough to indicate the completion before the meeting.

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