By the time of Fidelio, it became clear that Beethoven’s dramatic and emotionally based composition had revolutionised the structure of classical music itself.
A) became clear
B) clarified
C) had clarified
D) had become clarified
E) had become clear


E i guess..
The action ” to become clear” comes later in the chronological order, hence if we use the past perfect tense the “had” cannot come with “become clear”.
I would go with answer choice ‘A’.
E
e
A
I go with A
i think e. is correct.
i thnk a
A for sure
A for sure
The sentence says : by the time of “somebody” and then set off by comma, nothiing fits other than “it became clear”. Also here past perfect is used for revlotionised so the thing which occured later should in simple past tense only.
Beethoven’s dramatic and emotionally based composition had revolutionised the structure of classical music itself happened before fidelio which indicates that an event happened prior to fidelio so it should be “it had become clear”.
E
i think E
E – Past Perfect
The sentence contains two action – first, Beethoven’s composition becoming clear and second, fidelio
e
A
Clarification came at the time of fidelio.But Beethoven’s composition had already revolutionised the world of classical music much before that.
Chronology is clear i guess.
e. Check OG 11 for clarification.
I would go with E between A and E. The reason being, the tense for Fidelio is already in the past. Hence “By the time of” is again previous to Fidelio. Hence this would require a past participle.. E does a neat job in fitting into the answer.
Ans is C
E is tempting but it is making the sentense more passive.
it shud be A.
E is tempting.
By the time of x, it became clear that y had happened.
A
Admin, pls, the answer
A
E
my choise is A……………
Well Guys my simple explanation is that “HAD” is already been used in the sentence non-underlined part hence again “HAD” will not work.
C,D,E wrong
Another reason why not HAD “By the time of Fidelio,it” this line happened after the music was composed then how do you plan to use the “HAD”
Lets see A and B the “it” lets do refer it is used for composition,music or something which can’t clarify it’s self B is out
IMO A
a
What is the OA
E is the answer. What is the OA?
Administrator please provide the answer
E
A
Its A
A
A
A
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