Identify the tense of the verb in the following sentence.
danielle had practiced her song many times before last week’s recital.
a. past
b. present perfect
c. present
d. past perfect

D. past perfect

Danielle had practiced her song many times before last week’s recital.

HAD practiced

The tense of the underlined verb in the sentence: We had just begun to practice the skit when the fire alarm rang is past perfect. Notice the conditioning word “when” which dictates the sentence to be in the past perfect state in its action verb. Hence, “had” is added next to the past participle of the sentence. For example, the boy had played when suddenly his mom came. 

The narrator and old man are introduced - exposition

The narrator goes into the old man bedroom every night - rising action

The narrator kills old man/ hides body - climax

The narrator shows police men the bedroom - falling action

The narrator confesses to the murder to the police men - resolution