This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Perfect Infinitive – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Perfect Infinitive Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I saw the light coming out of his living-room window last night. He ..... been reading or watching TV. I'm not sure. A) Must have. B) Might have. C) Can have. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might have. 2. I needed ..... (water) the plants when I was leaving. A) To watered. B) To have watered. C) Waters. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have watered. 3. What is the function of a perfect participle in a sentence? A) To indicate an action that is ongoing. B) To indicate an action that will happen in the future. C) To indicate an action that is happening now. D) To indicate an action that was completed before another action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To indicate an action that was completed before another action. 4. It is 7:30 and the train arrived over an hour ago. They ..... (should/phone) us by now. A) Should to have phoned. B) Should have phoned. C) Should have phoning. D) Should have been phoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should have phoned. 5. By next week, I ..... my homework. A) Will have finished. B) Will have finish. C) Will have finishing. D) Will finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have finished. 6. Which sentence uses a perfect infinitive correctly? A) He claims to have saw the UFO. B) He claims to have seeing the UFO. C) He claims to have see the UFO. D) He claims to have seen the UFO. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He claims to have seen the UFO. 7. Use the perfect infinitive with to in a sentence with the verb 'study' A) To studying. B) Studying to. C) To studied. D) To have studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To have studied. 8. The Infinitive construction is ..... A) Verb+ing. B) To+verb second form. C) To+verb base form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To+verb base form. 9. What is the structure of a Perfect Infinitive? A) To + base form. B) To + past participle. C) Was + past participle. D) Having + past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To + past participle. 10. Sue has refused to come to the party. She may ..... for her maths exam A) Have revised. B) Revise. C) Be revising. D) Have been revising. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be revising. 11. The little ..... girl the key, because she was too tired. A) Can have lost. B) May have lost. C) Must have lost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May have lost. 12. Choose the correct form to complete the sentence:They claimed ..... the report before the meeting. A) Having been read. B) To have read. C) Having read. D) To read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have read. 13. Use the verb 'write' and create a perfect infinitive. She claimed ..... the report before the deadline. (She said she finished writing it before the deadline.) A) To have been writing. B) To have written. C) To write. D) To be writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have written. 14. Choose the correct perfect infinitive form:They were believed ..... the treasure. (It was thought they found the treasure.) A) To be finding. B) To have been found. C) To have found. D) To find. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have found. 15. "to have broken" the back of the problem ..... is: A) Perfect infinitive. B) Present perfect. C) Perfect gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfect infinitive. 16. We loved ..... the chance to meet Bruno Mars A) To have had. B) To have. C) To having had. D) To having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have had. 17. By the end of this semester, I expect to ..... all my exams. A) Hope. B) Plan. C) Intends. D) Have passed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have passed. 18. She ..... to have published her first novel by the age of 30. A) Intends. B) Hope. C) Have. D) Earned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intends. 19. Choose the sentence that uses a perfect participle to indicate a prior condition. A) Being ill, he missed the meeting. B) To be ill, he missed the meeting. C) Having been ill, he missed the meeting. D) Ill, he missed the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having been ill, he missed the meeting. 20. You ..... a typewriter if you have a computer. A) Needn't. B) Don't need. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't need. 21. Brutus putabat se Caesarem necare (noluisse). A) Will not want. B) Did not want. C) Does not want. D) Was not wanting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not want. 22. Which sentence is an example of the use of active voice? A) Tom appears to have been injured in the football game. B) She wished to have finished her music lessons before the summer break. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She wished to have finished her music lessons before the summer break. 23. Which sentence uses a perfect infinitive to express a past regret? A) She wished studied harder for the exam. B) She wished to study harder for the exam. C) She wished studying harder for the exam. D) She wished to have studied harder for the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She wished to have studied harder for the exam. 24. I ..... the plants. A) A) needn't watering. B) Needn't have watered. C) Needn't to water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Needn't have watered. 25. John Lennon is said ..... the famous Beatle song "Strawberry Fields Forever" in the Spanish town of Almeria. A) To write. B) Have written. C) To have written. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have written. 26. I haven't seen Linda recently. She ..... away on holiday. A) Should have travelled. B) May have travelled. C) Shouldn't have travelled. D) Can't have travelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May have travelled. 27. She seems ..... her phone ath the mall A) To have lost. B) To have lose. C) To lose. D) To lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have lost. 28. You ..... those words to grandma. A) Shouldn't said. B) Shouldn't have said. C) Shall not have said. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shouldn't have said. 29. Identify the correct use of a perfect infinitive in the sentence:He appears ..... the document. A) To have sign. B) To have signs. C) To have signed. D) To have signing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have signed. 30. Which of the following uses a perfect infinitive to express a past intention? A) He intended to have called you yesterday. B) He intended calling you yesterday. C) He intended to call you yesterday. D) He intended called you yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He intended to have called you yesterday. 31. Peter denied (see) ..... the accused man on the day of the crime. A) Sees. B) Saw. C) Seeing. D) Having seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having seen. 32. Which of the following is a perfect infinitive:'to have gone', 'to go', 'to going'? A) To have gone to. B) To have gone. C) To have going. D) To gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have gone. 33. Choose the correct form to complete the sentence:'He was happy ..... the project on time.' A) To have completed. B) To complete. C) To have been completing. D) To be completing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have completed. 34. You are very sunburned. You ..... (should not/burn) if you'd used cream. A) Should not burning. B) Should not have burned. C) Should be have burned. D) Should not have burning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should not have burned. 35. Identify the perfect infinitive in the following sentence:'They seem to have forgotten the meeting time.' A) To have forgotten. B) Seem. C) The meeting. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have forgotten. 36. Becky, you needn't ..... so many sandwiches. Only three guests came to your party yeasterday. A) Cook. B) Have cooked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have cooked. 37. Which conditional is it? "If I hadn't eaten that spicy spaghetti, I wouldn't have gotten diarrhea" A) Zero conditional. B) First conditional. C) Second conditional. D) Third conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third conditional. 38. Who ..... all his or her loans in the next ix months? A) Plans to paid back. B) Plans to had paid back. C) Plans to have paid back. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plans to have paid back. 39. ..... Must we complete the work before the bell? ..... No, you ..... You may finish it at home. A) Mustn't. B) Needn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Needn't. 40. Taylor Swift's boyfriend just left her for a younger girl who isn't even famous. She ..... happy when she found out! (She'll probably write a song about it.) A) Would rather have been. B) Can't have been. C) Should be. D) Shouldn't have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can't have been. 41. We hope to ..... completed our driver training by the end of the week. A) Have. B) Have. C) Have paid. D) Completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 42. By tomorrow, she ..... her book. A) Will have read. B) Will reading. C) Will have reads. D) Will have reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have read. 43. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a perfect infinitive. A) She appears to have finished her homework. B) She appears finish her homework. C) She appears finished her homework. D) She appears finishing her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She appears to have finished her homework. 44. What is the effect of using a perfect gerund in a sentence? A) It emphasizes an ongoing action. B) It emphasizes a hypothetical action. C) It emphasizes a future action. D) It emphasizes the completion of an action before another. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It emphasizes the completion of an action before another. 45. What is the purpose of using a perfect gerund in a sentence? A) To show a future action. B) To show an action completed before another action. C) To show a hypothetical action. D) To show an ongoing action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To show an action completed before another action. 46. Isaac Newton happened ..... the laws of motion in his 20s. A) To have formulated. B) Have formulated. C) To have formulate. D) To formulated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have formulated. 47. A gerund is used as a noun, whereas a present participle is used as part of a verb phrase or as an adjective. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. A gerund is a type of verbal formed with the present participle (ends in-ing such as moving) form of the verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Which sentence contains a perfect infinitive? A) He claims to has seen the movie. B) He claims to seeing the movie. C) He claims to have seen the movie. D) He claims to see the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He claims to have seen the movie. 50. Swimming is one of the complete exercises. [Here 'swimming' is ..... ] A) Past Participle. B) Infinitive. C) Gerund. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund. 51. Mabel is well-educated and has good manners. She can't have behaved like that.Identify the meaning of the modal verb A) Ability. B) Ctiticism. C) Supposition. D) Incredulity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incredulity. 52. Past participle is used in the perfect tenses of verbs, while the present participle is used in continuous or progressive forms of verbs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. Andrew:Or he ..... (might/climb) that tree. A) Might have been climbed. B) Might to have climbed. C) Might be climbing. D) Might have climbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might have climbed. 54. You needn't ..... him twice of anything. He was fully concentrated on his duties. A) Have reminded. B) Remind. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have reminded. 55. A perfect gerund or perfect infinitive is used for ..... A) All actions, situations and conditions occurring in the past. B) Situations where the speaker is unsure of what has happened. C) An action or condition which takes place before the time of the main verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An action or condition which takes place before the time of the main verb. 56. Reading is a favourite pastime of many of our students. [Here 'reading' is ..... ] A) Participle. B) Gerund. C) Infinitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gerund. 57. Which of the following sentences contains a perfect infinitive? A) She forgets the meeting. B) She forgot the meeting. C) She is forgetting the meeting. D) She seems to have forgotten the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She seems to have forgotten the meeting. 58. He must be English. A) Situation in the past. B) Situation in the present. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situation in the present. 59. By next summer, I intend to ..... to play the guitar. A) Hope. B) Expect. C) Have learned. D) Have raised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have learned. 60. Where would you have gone at the weekend, if you ..... more time? A) Would have had. 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