I ______ the door before I realized that the keys were inside the house.

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A lock
B locked
C had locked
D have locked

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Answer: C. had locked

Explanation: Use the past perfect tense ("had locked") for an action that happened before another action in the past ("realized").

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I ______ the door before I realized that the keys were inside the house.

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