For each of the following sentences, choose the correct past perfect form of the verb.
For help with this exercise, see chapter 25 of Real Essays 5e.
Example
Before I (became, had become) a student at Hudson Valley Community College this fall, I had been a stay-
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| B. |
I (thought, had thought) about going back to school ever since my sister got her degree in 2006.
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| B. |
When my husband and I split up, I knew I could make a dramatic change in my life because I (saw, had seen) my sister making great strides in her own life over the past several years.
| A. |
| B. |
I (was, had been) divorced for six months before I even began to apply to colleges.
| A. |
| B. |
I (tried, had tried) during that whole time to get a job without going back to school, but that plan had not worked.
| A. |
| B. |
The only jobs I (found, had found) didn’t even pay enough to cover my child-
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| B. |
Because I (worked, had worked) as a secretary before I quit to have kids, I decided to enter a program designed to prepare me for a job as an administrative assistant.
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| B. |
When I (stopped, had stopped) working in 1991, I had never even used a computer.
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| B. |
If I (knew, had known) that I would one day be a single mother, I would never have left the workforce.
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| B. |
On the other hand, I guess that if I (kept, had kept) working, I would never have gone to college.
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| B. |