Question

Form a suitable sentence from the words in the bracket:
I was very pleased to see Tim again after such a long time.
(I/ not / see / him for five years) ________

a) I haven’t seen him for five years.
b) I don’t see him for five years.
c) I hadn’t seen him for five years.
d) I won’t see him for five years.

Answer 1

Hint: The sentence should have a meaning related to the preceding one. Only then would the proper meaning be conveyed.

Complete answer:

 We are given two sentences here. The first sentence describes the speaker’s excitement in meeting Tim after a very long time. The sentence is written in the simple past tense. This indicates that the following sentence which states that Tim and the speaker hadn’t met for a long time should be in the past perfect tense.
By using past perfect, we understand which event has happened first in its order. Therefore, among the given options, option c becomes the right answer.
Option a is wrong as it is in the present perfect tense.
Similarly, in option b, don’t is in the simple present tense. As mentioned before, the given action is in past, and therefore it becomes incorrect.
In option d ‘won’t – will not’ is given. As opposed to the given past situation, the future tense is mentioned here, which is wrong.

Note: Do not confuse present perfect with past perfect tense. The former indicates a past action that has present consequences.