Multiple choice

Directions: A sentence/part of the sentence is underlined. Choose from the alternatives (1), (2) and (3), the one that best improves the underlined sentence/part of the sentence. In case no alternative is needed, your answer is (4).

The food had cooked before the cook came.

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

  2. The food was cooked before the cook came.

  3. The food had cooked before the cook had come.

  4. No improvement
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The food will not cook itself. So, we need the passive voice ‘had been’.

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