This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Perfect Aspect – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Perfect Aspect Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The engine failed because it ..... properly for months. A) Hadn't been maintained. B) Wasn't maintained. C) Hadn't maintained. D) Hadn't been maintaing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't been maintained. 2. Until I bumped into Alexi las wee, I ..... her since we left university. A) Hadn't seen. B) Didn't see. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't seen. 3. The sentence ..... The double decker has arrive to the stop.Ia an example of ..... A) Perfect infinitive. B) Past perfect. C) Future perfect. D) Present perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present perfect. 4. The new teacher has ..... his love to his fiance. A) Have stated. B) Stating. C) Stated. D) Been stated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stated. 5. Often used with time expressions such as "before, " "after, " "by the time, " and "already." A) Past Perfect Simple. B) Past Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Simple. 6. Dinosaurs ..... (die) 65 million years ago. A) Were dying. B) Died. C) Had been dying. D) Had died. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Died. 7. Do you think it ..... at midday tomorrow? A) Will be raining. B) Will have rained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will be raining. 8. What a great movie about Hawking! It's so strange that I ..... about him before. A) Haven't heard. B) Hadn't heard. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haven't heard. 9. The sentence ..... I had been trying to pull out that plant in the garden when Robert came and helped me.Is an example of ..... A) Present perfect. B) Past perfect continuous. C) Past perfect. D) Future perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect continuous. 10. They have worked at the Board of Education for over 30 years. A) The action started in the past and continues to the present. B) The action was recently completed. C) The action is completed but is currently relevant. D) The action occurred over a period of time and is complete at the time of speaking. E) The sentence has a grammar error and is incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The action started in the past and continues to the present. 11. What does the thesis statement tell the reader? A) What the main idea of the essay is. B) What you had for lunch. C) How much information has been researched. D) The summary of the writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What the main idea of the essay is. 12. She ..... home, so she could not answer the phone. A) Had leave. B) Have left. C) Had left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 13. Identify the past progressive tense sentence. A) I will visit my grandmother next week. B) I visited my grandmother yesterday. C) I was visiting my grandmother last summer. D) I am visiting my grandmother now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was visiting my grandmother last summer. 14. What can you infer from this sentence: "I'm wondering whether to join the Red Cross" ? A) I've always thought about joining the Red Cross. B) I'm going to join the Red Cross. C) Joining the Red Cross is not a new idea to me. D) Joining the Red Cross is something that's on my mind now. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joining the Red Cross is something that's on my mind now. 15. Identify the perfect verb phrase:You will have known your teacher for a long time after this school year. A) After this school year. B) For a long time. C) Will have known. D) Your teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have known. 16. We have loved our cat since we adopted her in 2019. A) The action started in the past and continues to the present. B) The action was recently completed. C) The action is completed but is currently relevant. D) The action occurred over a period of time and is complete at the time of speaking. E) The sentence has a grammar error and is incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The action started in the past and continues to the present. 17. In the sentence 'She walked to the park', which tense and aspect is used for the verb 'walked'? A) Continuous past tense. B) Simple present tense. C) Simple future tense. D) Simple past tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple past tense. 18. What is the correct form of the past perfect aspect for the sentence A) She has gone to the store. B) She will have gone to the store. C) She went to the store. D) She had gone to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had gone to the store. 19. I didn't want to join you because I ..... this film before. A) Saw. B) Had seen. C) Have seen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had seen. 20. He ..... (meet) her before somewhere. A) He just met her before somewhere. B) He already met her before somewhere. C) He had met her before somewhere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had met her before somewhere. 21. The naughty students ..... (message) their friends when the teacher caught them. A) Were messaging. B) Had been messaging. C) Had messaged. D) Messaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been messaging. 22. I ..... my Toyota two weeks ago. A) Brought. B) Do sell. C) Sold. D) Have sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sold. 23. "It's easy to get around the city using the subway." Here get around means- A) To arrive. B) To rise from bed. C) Travel or move from place to place. D) To recover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Travel or move from place to place. 24. I ..... for you since 10 o'clock A) Has waited. B) Had waited. C) Have been waiting. D) Have wait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been waiting. 25. The climbers have just reached the peak of Mount Everest. A) The action started in the past and continues to the present. B) The action was recently completed. C) The action is completed but is currently relevant. D) The action occurred over a period of time and is complete at the time of speaking. E) The sentence has a grammar error and is incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The action was recently completed. 26. By the time the police arrived, the suspect ..... A) Had been escaping. B) Escaped. C) Was escaping. D) Had escaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had escaped. 27. We were relieved because we ..... the issue before it escalated. A) Have resolved. B) Had resolved. C) Had been resolving. D) Resolved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had resolved. 28. Looking at the crowds in the public galley, the case would seem ..... the public. A) To have interested. B) Having interested. C) Have interested. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have interested. 29. Which sentence uses the Future Perfect tense correctly? A) By the end of the month, I have completed the project. B) By the end of the month, I will complete the project. C) By the end of the month, I completed the project. D) By the end of the month, I will have completed the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By the end of the month, I will have completed the project. 30. I ..... such a difficult essay as this one. A) Never haver written. B) Have never written. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have never written. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesPerfect Aspect Quiz 1Perfect Aspect Quiz 2Perfect Aspect Quiz 3Perfect Aspect Quiz 4Perfect Aspect Quiz 5Perfect Aspect Quiz 6Perfect Aspect Quiz 7Perfect Aspect Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books