Question

by the time they reached home it, _______ (start) to rain​

Answer 1

Answer:

started

Explanation:

Answer 2

The answer is 'had started.'

• It is an exercise on simple past and past perfect tense.

• The action that took place before is indicated by past perfect tense.

• The second act takes a simple past tense.

• In the given sentence, the rain had begun earlier. Thus, it takes a past perfect tense.

• They reached home after the rain had started. Therefore, it is shown by a simple past tense.