Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the suitable tense.

By the time he was twenty, he ………………….. at least six different jobs.

  1. had

  2. had had

  3. have had

  4. have

  5. was having
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. ‘Had had’ is the past perfect form of the verb have. The past perfect tense is used when we are talking about the past and want to refer back to an earlier past time.

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