Question

Give the correct verb form : Until he -------- (join) the office,he ---------(not go) outside his city.

• A. joined,has not gone
• B. had joined,had not gone
• C. has joined,had not gone
• D. joined, had not gone

Answer 1

Answer:

D. joined, had not gone

• Until indicates that one action continued up to the time another action occurred.

• Joined → Simple Past, because it refers to the specific past event of joining the office.

• Had not gone → Past Perfect, because not going outside the city happened before he joined the office.

• When two actions are related to a past point in time, the earlier action can be expressed using the Past Perfect, while the later action uses the Simple Past.

Pattern:
Until + Simple Past → Past Perfect

👉 joined, had not gone ✅