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In 'my student had passed', the verb is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which helping verb marks the past perfect tense?Read the answer and worked solution →The past perfect tense shows an action that is:Read the answer and worked solution →The more recent of two past actions is written in the:Read the answer and worked solution →How many completed actions does the past perfect compare?Read the answer and worked solution →'Had been published' is an example of the:Read the answer and worked solution →In 'By the time I reached the party, everyone had eaten', which came first?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'When she returned home, her brother had left', the simple past verb is:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct form: When the delegates arrived, the speaker ___ begun.Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct form: After the students had learnt, they ___ verifying.Read the answer and worked solution →'She had finished the project' places the finishing:Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair of tenses does this rule combine?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'I knew that my student had passed', the earlier action is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence uses the past perfect correctly?Read the answer and worked solution →'Bought' and 'had been published' in one sentence show:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is NOT a use of the past perfect?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'When she returned, her brother had finished', the past perfect verb is:Read the answer and worked solution →The past perfect is formed with had plus the:Read the answer and worked solution →Two completed past actions are best told apart by:Read the answer and worked solution →Simple past or past perfect?Read the answer and worked solution →Match the tense ideaRead the answer and worked solution →Pick the right tenseRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about tensesRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the odd one outRead the answer and worked solution →Tenses bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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In 'my student had passed', the verb is in the:

  1. Future perfe
  2. Past perfect
  3. Simple prese
  4. Simple futur
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Correct answer: B. Past perfect

1. The verb uses had along with the past participle. 2. That form marks an action completed before another. 3. So had passed is in the past perfect tense. 4. The answer is past perfect. _Source: syllabus English Poorvi, Unit 1 'How I Taught My Grandmother to Read'_

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Which helping verb marks the past perfect tense?

  1. Has
  2. Are
  3. Had
  4. Was
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Correct answer: C. Had

1. The past perfect joins a helper with a past participle. 2. The helper is the past form of have. 3. That helper is had. 4. So the answer is had. _Source: syllabus English Poorvi, Unit 1 'How I Taught My Grandmother to Read'_

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The past perfect tense shows an action that is:

  1. Still to come
  2. Happening now
  3. Never at all
  4. Earlier past
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Correct answer: D. Earlier past

1. Two completed actions are being compared. 2. One of them happened before the other. 3. The past perfect marks the earlier one. 4. So the answer is earlier past. _Source: syllabus English Poorvi, Unit 1 'How I Taught My Grandmother to Read'_

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