Question

the entire area would have this heady aroma. (rewrite in past perfect tense)​

Answer 1

Answer:

The past perfect tense :

The entire area had been having this heady aroma

Answer 2

The entire area had this heady aroma.

The sentence is in the form of the future perfect tense as indicated by the words 'would have'.

This sentence is tricky as you could be directed to thinking that the sentence is already in the past perfect tense as inferred from the use of would have. However, it does not take this form because it is not immediately followed by the past participle or form of a verb.

Therefore, would have is considered to be in the future tense form and to convert to past perfect, we change it to had.