Directions: Complete each sentence with a correctly placed adverb and ...
By the time the police arrived at the bank, the robbers had escaped with thousands of dollars in cash.
Directions: Complete each sentence with a correctly placed adverb and ...
By the time the police arrived at the bank, the robbers had escaped with thousands of dollars in cash.
Explanation:
- The sentence is talking about an action that occurred in the past before another action in the past. In this case, the first action is the escape of the robbers, and the second action is the arrival of the police.
- To show that the escape happened before the arrival, we use the past perfect tense. The past perfect tense is formed with the auxiliary verb "had" followed by the past participle of the main verb.
- In this case, the main verb is "escape," and its past participle form is "escaped." So, the correct answer is option B: "had escaped."
By using the past perfect tense, the sentence indicates that the robbers completed their escape before the police arrived. This tense helps to establish the sequence of events and show that the escape happened in the past relative to the arrival of the police.
The other options are incorrect:
- Option A ("escaped") uses the simple past tense, which does not accurately convey the sequence of events. It suggests that the escape happened at the same time or after the police arrived.
- Option C ("will have escaped") uses the future perfect tense, which indicates an action that will be completed in the future before another future action. However, the sentence is discussing past events, not future events.
- Option D ("escapes") uses the simple present tense, which is incorrect because it does not match the past time frame of the sentence.
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