Standard English Primary 4 Cloze

Choose the correct word from the word bank to complete the sentence.\n\nWord bank: has / have / had / having\n\nBy the time the teacher arrived, the students already _______ settled into their seats.

A has
B have
C had
D having
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Step 1: Identify the time frame. "By the time the teacher arrived" — the teacher's arrival is a past event. The students settling happened BEFORE the teacher arrived. Step 2: Use the past perfect (had + past participle) when one past action happened before another past action. Step 3: "had settled" = past perfect. Answer: had

Correct answer: had

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