Read the given situation and make a meaningful sentence from the words given in the bracket:

I invited Rachel to the party but she couldn't come. (she / arrange / to do something else) _____.

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She had arranged to do something else.

She has arranged to do something else.

She arranged to do something else.

She has been arranging something else.

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Concept- I invited Rachel to the party, but she couldn't come. She arranged something else. Reading the text carefully is very important because it helps you to understand what it is trying to express and to come up with a solution accordingly.
The solution uses the past tense. This helps you understand which action first occurred in the past. Option 1 is selected because it is in the past tense. This is an exact match to the question, as it indicates that the word invited in the question has occurred in the past.
So I invited Rachel to the party, but she couldn't come. The correct answer is that she arranged to do something else.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

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