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ACT English Difficulty: Hard (33)

Digital ACT English Practice Question #1365

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Choose the best option for the underlined portion: By the time the search-and-rescue team reached the remote alpine cabin, the stranded hikers built a temporary shelter out of pine boughs.
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'By the time' + past tense ('reached') triggers PAST PERFECT ('had built') for the earlier completed action.

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When two events occur at different times in the past, the event that occurred earlier must use the past perfect tense ('had built'). The hikers finished the shelter BEFORE the rescue team arrived ('By the time... reached')....

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