pratikshr wrote:
Nothing quite like this Broadway production has ever been made before, and it proved to be a huge hit, broadcast in 20 different countries and around the world.
A Nothing quite like this Broadway production has ever been made before, and it proved to be a huge hit, broadcast in 20 different countries and around the world.
B This Broadway production, something which has never been made before, proved to be a huge hit, broadcast around the world in 20 different countries.
C Unlike anything that had ever been made before, this Broadway production proved to be a huge hit, broadcasting in 20 different countries and around the world.
D Nothing quite like this Broadway show had ever been made before, and it proved to be a huge hit, broadcast in 20 different countries around the world.
E Nothing quite like this Broadway show was made before, and it had proved to be a huge hit, broadcast in 20 different countries around the world.
Responding to a pm:
One decision point is:
"20 different countries around the world"
Note that this is the correct structure. The show was broadcast in 20 different countries - the countries are around the world, some in Africa, some in Europe, some in Asia etc.
So a structure such as following does not make sense:
"20 different countries and around the world."
"around the world in 20 different countries"
This only leaves us with (D) and (E)
D Nothing quite like this Broadway show
had ever been made before, and it
proved to be a huge hit, broadcast in 20 different countries around the world.
E Nothing quite like this Broadway show
was made before, and it
had proved to be a huge hit, broadcast in 20 different countries around the world.
Note the tenses now.
Nothing had been made before - happened first in the past so will use past perfect as done in (D)
This show proved to be a huge hit - happened later in the past so will use simple past as done in (D)
Hence the correct answer is (D)