The following sentences form a paragraph. For each blank, select the correct verb form.
-Later, he learned that the great San Francisco earthquake ________ 520 city blocks and had killed more than seven hundred people.
A) had destroy
B) had destroyed

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The sentence is in past perfect tense which is used to refer to an action that happened before another past action. The word "had" is used to indicate past perfect tense. Therefore, the correct verb form to use would be "had destroyed" as it matches the past participle form of the verb "destroy".

The Following Sentences Form a Paragraph