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plz help me answer these 2 questions in English😍 Hiiii I'm looking for the right answer in this question. Please only help me if you're a native speaker cuz I wanna be sure. 1) When I got home, I found that someone......in to my flat. a) has broken b) broke c) breaks d) had broken ========================================== 2) When I ....... at the cinema the film....... (arrive - start)

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Here is some information about the past perfect tense (which shows the time relationship between actions or states at two different moments in the past).

https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/past-perfect-tense/


1) When I got home, I found that someone......in to my flat.
 d) had broken

==========================================

2) When I ....... at the cinema the film....... (arrive - start)

arrived ... had started

OR

arrived ... was starting

OR

arrived ... was about to start

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When I got home, I found out that someone had broken into my flat When I arrived at the cinema, the film had started.
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p.s. it is Thief, and is still 'in' the flat.
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No problem! 'Has broken', as with all present perfect constructions, implies that it was a past event that has consequences in the present. Since the moment of discovery is in the past, i.e. when you GOT home, it doesn't make much sense to use the present perfect, since we are not actually in the present. However, for example, if you JUST got home (let's say you just stepped in the house with a friend), you can say to her, I think that someone HAS broken into our house (because you are currently in the house and you are experiencing the present consequences of the past action). But since in your example it was 'When I GOT home', you are simply TALKING about the past, and thus no present consequences (theoretically). Hope this is not too confusing! Matt
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Had Broken Arrive

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