Choose the grammatically correct sentence. |
I had reached the school before the peon rang the bell. I reached the school before the peon ring the bell. I had reached the school before the peon rings the bell. I have reached the school before the peon ring the bell. |
I had reached the school before the peon rang the bell. |
The correct answer is Option (1) - I had reached the school before the peon rang the bell. This sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense ("had reached") to indicate that reaching the school occurred before another past event ("rang the bell") expressed in the simple past. This sequence of tenses clarifies the order of events in the past. |