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JAMB Use of English 2022 Question 55

Question 55

Tenses

Fill in the blank space(s) with the best of the four options: Before the bill could be settled, Chuwang ________ all the money.

  1. A.has spent
  2. B.will have spent
  3. C.had spent
  4. D.will spend
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (had spent)

Explanation

Spending the money happened before another past event, so we use the past perfect 'had spent'.