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Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

The teacher had reading the instructions aloud to the students.

Option 1: had been read the

Option 2: reading the

Option 3: No improvement

Option 4: had read the


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Correct Answer: had read the


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option .

Explanation :

The original sentence is in the past perfect tense. The correct construction is had read , which signifies that reading the instructions occurred before another past action or event.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: The teacher had read the instructions aloud to the students.

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