Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs from the given options.

The police came when the thief _____________.

  1. has been fled

  2. has fled

  3. was fled

  4. had fled
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The tense of the sentence is Past Perfect Tense as it refers to an action which had been completed before another action was began. Here 'had' plus third form of verb is to be used. Hence 'had fled' is the correct option.

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