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After a past tense, a perfect tense in the direct becomes:
APrepositional
BPluperfect
CProgressive
DParticipial
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Pluperfect
1. I have won becomes he had won.
2. The tense shifts one step back.
3. The perfect becomes pluperfect.
_Source: Kittredge, An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises (Project Gutenberg)_
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