This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verb Forms > Perfect Infinitive – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Perfect Infinitive Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the function of a perfect infinitive in a sentence? A) To express an action completed before another action. B) To describe a habitual action. C) To indicate a future action. D) To show an action that is ongoing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To express an action completed before another action. 2. Which sentence uses a perfect infinitive to express a past action? A) She claims seeing the movie already. B) She claims saw the movie already. C) She claims to see the movie already. D) She claims to have seen the movie already. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She claims to have seen the movie already. 3. Which sentence means:It is possible that the barman recognised him from the newspaper. A) The barman must have recognised him from the newspaper. B) The barman can not have recognised him from the newspaper. C) The barman might have recognised him from the newspaper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The barman might have recognised him from the newspaper. 4. Choose the correct sentence that uses a perfect infinitive: A) She seems to have finishes her homework. B) She seems to have finishing her homework. C) She seems to have finished her homework. D) She seems to have finish her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She seems to have finished her homework. 5. She can't ..... She is never late. A) Oversleep. B) Have overslept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have overslept. 6. What is the role of a perfect infinitive in a sentence? A) To express a future action. B) To express an action completed before another action. C) To express a hypothetical action. D) To express an ongoing action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To express an action completed before another action. 7. Choose the correct perfect infinitive:'He may have left the party early.' A) Have left. B) Have lefted. C) Left have. D) Has left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have left. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. What is the function of a perfect participle in a sentence? A) To indicate an action that is happening now. B) To indicate an action that will happen in the future. C) To indicate an action that was completed before another action. D) To indicate an action that is ongoing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To indicate an action that was completed before another action. 11. It is 7:30 and the train arrived over an hour ago. They ..... (should/phone) us by now. A) Should have been phoning. B) Should have phoned. C) Should have phoning. D) Should to have phoned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should have phoned. 12. By next week, I ..... my homework. A) Will finishing. B) Will have finish. C) Will have finishing. D) Will have finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have finished. 13. Which sentence uses a perfect infinitive correctly? A) He claims to have seen the UFO. B) He claims to have saw the UFO. C) He claims to have seeing the UFO. D) He claims to have see the UFO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He claims to have seen the UFO. 14. Use the perfect infinitive with to in a sentence with the verb 'study' A) To studied. B) To have studied. C) To studying. D) Studying to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have studied. 15. 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. 16. What is the structure of a Perfect Infinitive? A) To + base form. B) Was + past participle. C) Having + past participle. D) To + past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To + past participle. 17. Sue has refused to come to the party. She may ..... for her maths exam A) Have revised. B) Have been revising. C) Revise. D) Be revising. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be revising. 18. 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. 19. Choose the correct form to complete the sentence:They claimed ..... the report before the meeting. A) Having read. B) To have read. C) To read. D) Having been read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have read. 20. 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 written. B) To write. C) To be writing. D) To have been writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have written. 21. Choose the correct perfect infinitive form:They were believed ..... the treasure. (It was thought they found the treasure.) A) To have found. B) To be finding. C) To have been found. D) To find. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To have found. 22. "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. 23. We loved ..... the chance to meet Bruno Mars A) To have. B) To having had. C) To have had. D) To having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To have had. 24. By the end of this semester, I expect to ..... all my exams. A) Have passed. B) Plan. C) Hope. D) Intends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have passed. 25. 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. 26. Choose the sentence that uses a perfect participle to indicate a prior condition. A) To be ill, he missed the meeting. B) Having been ill, he missed the meeting. C) Being ill, he missed the meeting. D) Ill, he missed the meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having been ill, he missed the meeting. 27. 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. 28. Brutus putabat se Caesarem necare (noluisse). A) Was not wanting. B) Will not want. C) Does not want. D) Did not want. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did not want. 29. 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. 30. Which sentence uses a perfect infinitive to express a past regret? A) She wished to study harder for the exam. B) She wished to have studied harder for the exam. C) She wished studied harder for the exam. D) She wished studying harder for the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She wished to have studied harder for the exam. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesVerbs QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesPerfect Infinitive Quiz 1Perfect Infinitive Quiz 2Perfect Infinitive Quiz 3Perfect Infinitive Quiz 4Perfect Infinitive Quiz 5Perfect Infinitive Quiz 6Perfect Infinitive Quiz 8Perfect Infinitive Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books