Question

The doctor had already left when the patient ___________ the hospital.

• A. reaches
• B. reach
• C. have
• D. reached

Answer 1

Answer:

D. reached

• The sentence is describing an event that had already happened when another event occurred (മറ്റൊരു സംഭവം നടക്കുമ്പോൾ ഇതിനകം സംഭവിച്ച ഒരു കാര്യം). രണ്ട് past actions ആണ് ഇവിടെ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നത്. This requires the past perfect tense for the first event ("had already left") and the simple past tense for the second event ("reached").
• Reaches: This is the present tense. It would be used if you are describing something happening now (ഇപ്പോൾ സംഭവിക്കുന്ന എന്തെങ്കിലും വിവരിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ) but in this sentence, the context is in the past.
• Reach: This is the base form of the verb and would be used with modal verbs like "will" or "can", but it is not correct here as it does not fit the past narrative.
• Have: This is not correct in this context because "have" would imply present perfect tense, which does not fit the past narrative.