Using the Past Perfect Tense (2)

For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 19.

example

Even before I asked my grandfather about his career, I knew I (to guess) correctly that he would have a long and interesting story to tell.

a. guessed

b. had guessed

  1. Question

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    Using the Past Perfect Tense (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.: When my grandfather retired at the age of seventy, he (to hold) many different jobs.
  2. Question

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    Using the Past Perfect Tense (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.: By the time he was fifteen years old, he (to drop out) of school and was working full-time at a pizzeria.
  3. Question

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    Using the Past Perfect Tense (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.: Before taking the job at the pizzeria, though, he (to be) a tailor at the shop across the street.
  4. Question

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    Using the Past Perfect Tense (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.: By the time he married my grandmother at the age of eighteen, he (to work) at four different restaurants and bakeries.
  5. Question

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    Using the Past Perfect Tense (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.: Each time he left a job it was because he (to figure out) that there would be a better wage at another one.
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    Using the Past Perfect Tense (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.: By the time my uncle was born, my grandfather (to realize) that he was going to have to try something else yet again in order to support his rapidly growing family.
  7. Question

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    Using the Past Perfect Tense (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.: His own father (to manage) grocery stores for a living, and he decided to give that kind of job a try.
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    Using the Past Perfect Tense (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.: The grocery store business was very good to him, and by the time he moved to Florida forty years later he (to receive) more than twenty-five promotions and raises.
  9. Question

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    Using the Past Perfect Tense (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.: My grandfather always says that what he wishes he (to learn) earlier is that there is often more to gain from sticking with one job than from bouncing around.
  10. Question

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    Using the Past Perfect Tense (2) - For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.: I’m not sure that this is always true, though, and I might not have found the great job I have now if I (not to try) a couple of other ones first.