Select the most appropriate verb / verb phrase to fill in the blank.
The team ________________ the championship before their star player got injured.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. had won.
Past perfect tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another past action. The correct structure for the past perfect tense is: had + past participle.
In this case, the team winning the championship happened before the injury of the star player, which is another event in the past.
Therefore, we use "had won" to show that their victory happened earlier than the injury.
Hence, the correct sentence is:- "The team had won the championship before their star player got injured."