JAMB - English Language (1989 - No. 41)
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):
When I met Amadi yesterday, it was the first time I .... him for six months.
When I met Amadi yesterday, it was the first time I .... him for six months.
had seen
saw
have seen
have been seeing
คำอธิบาย
The sentence includes "yesterday" and this shows that a past event is being referenced in relation to another past event (meeting Amadi after six months). The past perfect tense (had seen) is used to describe an action (seeing Amadi) that happened before another past event (meeting him yesterday).