Multiple choice

Select the option that corrects the following incorrect sentence. The food had cooked before the cook came.

  1. The food had been cooked before the cook came.

  2. The food will have cooked before the cook came.

  3. The food was cooked before the cook comes.

  4. The food is cooked before the cook came.
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Explanation

(2), (3) and (4) are incorrect because if in a complex sentence, the main clause is in the Simple Past Tense, then the subordinate clause has to be in the Past Perfect Tense.      Answer: (1)

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