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Practice #2
Perfect Tenses

Meaning

Choose the best explanation of each sentence:

1. When I got home the party started.

a. First I got home. Then the party started.
b. First the party started. Then I got home.

2. When I got home, the party had started.

a. First I got home. Then the party started.
b. First the party started. Then I got home.

3. The soldiers have occupied the city since October.

a. The city is still occupied.
b. The soldiers left in October.
c. The soldiers left between October and now.

4. Rosa has been back to England twice since she went to school there in 1975.

a. Rosa is in England now.
b. Rosa has been to England at least three times.
c. Rosa has been in England since 1975.

5. Because the blue car had hit it in the rear end, the red car smashed into the light pole.

a. The blue car was responsible for the accident.
b. The red car was responsible for the accident.
c. The light pole was responsible for the accident.

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