Question

And i began writing to you instead of going to the seaside as i ...... before 1)planned 2)plane 3)had planned 4)was planned

Answer 1

• ... and I began writing to you instead of going to the seaside as I had planned before.

Answer 2

The correct option is 3) had planned.

The sentence structure suggests that you are describing an action that took place in the past. By using the past perfect tense ("had planned"), you indicate that the act of planning to go to the seaside occurred before the decision to write to me. This choice maintains the appropriate tense consistency in the sentence.