Question

Identify the tense used in the following sentence:
The teacher had spoken to the parents about the matter.

• A. Past Continuous
• B. Past Perfect Continuous
• C. Future Perfect
• D. Past Perfect

Answer 1

The correct option is D Past Perfect

Here, 'had spoken' indicates past perfect. It is used to indicate a completed action of the past that happened before another event took place.
Past Continuous (was speaking) is used to indicate uncompleted action in the past (with or without time reference).
Past Perfect Continuous (had been speaking) is used to indicate an action in the past that began before a certain point in the past and continued up untill that time.
Future Perfect (will have spoken) is used to indicate an action that will be complete before another event takes place.