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Question:: After she had sat her laptop down, she was able to find her keys.
Answer:: The answer correctly formed compound verb is not correct.
Explanation:: The compound verb had sat is intransitive, but the sentence describes the action of putting the laptop down. The correct answer is the transitive had set.