Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate word or phrase and fill in the blank.

She --------------- cooking when the visitors arrived.

  1. had not finished

  2. has not finished

  3. didn't finish

  4. not finished
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Explanation

The past perfect tense had not finished is used to show that one action was not completed before another action in the past (the visitors arrived). This tense clarifies the sequence of events. Simple past didn't finish is less precise here because the focus is on the state of the cooking at the specific moment of arrival.

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