Writing Homework Help

Using Had in Sentences Grammar Questions

 

Joe:Oh, no! The printer still isn’t working! It  (not, work) for two days!
Bob:Don’t worry.  (already, call, I) the repairman. He’s on his way.
Joe:When  (call, you) him?
Bob:About ten minutes ago. I got him on his cell phone. He  (just, leave) his shop.

Complete the sentences. Choose the correct completion.

1Alice: Nancy, have you heard? My sister’s company ________ (just give) her a big promotion! Now she’s a vice president!

had just given

has just given

has just been giving

had just been giving

2Nancy: That’s great. She deserves it. ________ hard for the company for a few years now, right?

She worked

She works

She’s been working

She had worked

3Alice: Yes, for three years. Before she started working there, she ________ as assistant to the marketing director at a small company for a while.

had worked

has been working

has worked

is working

4Nancy: What’s her title now?

Alice: Vice president in charge of advertising. ________ three award-winning ad campaigns so far.

She’s been designing

She’d designed

She’d been designing

She’s designed

5Nancy: I’m not surprised. ________ very creative ever since she was a child.

She’d always been

She’s always been

She was

She is

6Alice: Right. As a child, she ________ lots of prizes for her drawings, remember?

won

has been winning

had been winning

has won