"I have done" vs. "I had done"

[loski]

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #117 "Past Tenses", question 2

He asked me what I ......... with the paint brush.

(a) did do
(b) had done
(c) will do
(d) have done

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #117 "Past Tenses", answer 2

He asked me what I had done with the paint brush.

Correct answer: (b) had done

Your answer was: incorrect
He asked me what I have done with the paint brush.
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excuse me but i would like to know why i have done not ''i had done

loski

[Torsten]

Hi Loski,

In this sentence we have two actions that happened in the past. First one action happened (I did something). Then after a while another action happend (he asked me). The first action is in past perfect (what I had done) and the second action is in simple past.
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