Which is the answer and why?
"When I went back to my home town after many years, I was surprised that it ....... changed so much. "
A. has
B. had
C. was
D. is
file zany 468 A. has B. had C.
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file zany 468A. has B. had C. was D. is
When I went back ..., I was surprised that ... is in the past tense, so the that-clause that follows should also be in the past tense. This eliminates answers A and D.
This leaves "was changed" and "had changed" (C and B). "was changed" is passive, so it implies to some degree that