Standard English Primary 6 Editing

Choose the option that corrects the grammatical error in the sentence below.\n\n"By the time Siti arrived at the hall, the ceremony already begun."

A had already begun
B has already begun
C already had begun
D have already begun
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Step 1: Identify the tense context.\n'By the time Siti arrived' signals a past event. The ceremony was completed before that past moment.\n\nStep 2: Apply the past perfect rule.\nPast perfect = 'had' + past participle. The past participle of 'begin' is 'begun'.\n\nStep 3: Check word order.\n'had already begun' — adverb 'already' placed correctly between auxiliary and participle.\n\nAnswer: 'had already begun'.

Correct answer: had already begun

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