In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:

It had been raining before the match started, ....?

  • A isn't it
  • B hasn't it
  • C hadn't it
  • D wasn't it
  • E is it
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The correct answer is C. hadn't it

The correct answer is C. hadn’t it.

This is because the sentence “It had been raining before the match started, hadn’t it?” is in the past perfect continuous tense, which is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.

The question tag for “had been” is “hadn’t it”.

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