By the time I picked up the phone ______?
- They had rung off
- They will have rang off
- They rang off
- None of these
Explanation
The phrase "By the time I picked up the phone" indicates that one past action (they rang off) was completed before another past action (I picked up the phone).
Therefore, the past perfect tense "They had rung off" is grammatically correct.
Related MCQs
- Question mark (?)
- Exclamation mark (!)
- Full stop (.)
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Hand over the paper to the teacher.
- Hand the paper over to teacher.
- Hand over paper the teacher.
- Hand the paper to over the teacher.
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Hardly he reached when the train left.
- Hardly he had reached when the train left.
- Hardly had he reached when the train left.
- Hardly did he reached when the train left.
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Where are the books we had bought together?
- Where are the books we bought together?
- Where were the books we buy together?
- Where is the books we bought together?
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- He has died a year ago.
- He died a year ago.
- He had died a year ago.
- He is died a year ago.
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
