Verbs (Perfect Tenses)

APPLY THE CORRECT PAST PERFECT TENSE ON EACH ITEM.

The driver received a ticket for traffic violation. Before that, he ______________ two tickets already.

• has received

• has been received

• had received

• had been received

I paid for the tickets. Later I learned that my friend _____________ for them already.

• had paid

• has paid

• had been paid

• has been paid

The maid waxed the bedrooms. Earlier, she _____________ the terrace and living room.

• has waxed

• will wax

• had waxed

• shall wax

4.We expected to hear from you.

We ___________________ a letter all week.

• had expected

• had heard

• has expected

• has heard

5.The committee discussed the plans.

It ____________________ them all day.

• had planned

• has planned

• has discussed

• had discussed

Decide which of the following verbs in parentheses should be put in simple past and which should be in past perfect.

1.Daisy ____________________ (spend) a few days with her friends when she _________________ (find) her mother all alone.

• spent - had found

• had spent - found

2.It __________________ (be) clear to Daisy that her mother _____________________ (cry) in self-pity most of the time.

• had been - cried

• was - had cried

2.Obviously, she _______________________ (sit) alone by the stove all the time that Daisy ______________________ (be) away.

• had sat - was

• sat - had been

2.Daisy _______________________ (try) to change her mother’s attitude for some months when an exciting event _____________________ (happen).

• tried - had happened

• had tried - happened

2.Mrs. Lopez and five of their friends _______________________ (write) poetry for many years when they _____________________ (publish) their collected poems and won a prize.

• wrote - had published

• had written - published