Question

—What a pity! You should have urged him to hand in his English homework.
—I _______. But he wouldn’t listen to me.

A．have done

B．did

C．had done

D．do

Answer 1

B

在上下语境中考查时态。Should have done表示“过去要做而没有做”，含有“责备”之意。在下一句中表示“我过去敦促了他”，因此用“过去时”。代替上文出现的一个谓语动词用代动词替换。在此，did=urged。