Question

Choose the correct alternative to fill in the blank:
We had reached the station, before the train..................
(1) arrive
(2) arrived
(3) had arrived
(4) had been arriving

Answer 1

(2)arrived is the right answer

Answer 2

Following is the answer for the above asked question

The option 2 is correct which is arrived.

We had reached the station, before the train arrived.

this above shows the correct use of tense for the verb and noun in the sentence at hand.

Thank you so much for asking this question, which helps people to learn more about the correct use of tenses.

Many people will tend to confuse this with had arrived, however that would not be correct because the 3rd form of verb is already present in the sentence in the form of word " reached", so had cannot be used with that.