Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence:
After the police __________ for hours, they finally found the little girl asleep in her closet.
A) will search
B) had searched
C) search
D) have searched

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The correct form is "had searched," which is the past perfect tense. This tense is used because the action of searching was completed before another action in the past (finding the little girl).

Identify Which Verb Form Should Go in the Blank of the Following