This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Perfect Aspect – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Perfect Aspect Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... to call him all morning, but he never picked up. A) Have tried. B) Have been trying. C) Tried. D) Had been trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been trying. 2. Which option sounds MOST natural in spoken advanced English? A) I have waited here since two hours. B) I am waiting here since two hours. C) I have been waiting here for two hours. D) I waited here since two hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I have been waiting here for two hours. 3. What is the essential characteristic of the perfect aspect? A) It always refers to the past and the present. B) It always refers to two actions. C) It always links two time periods. D) It has continuous and simple forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It always links two time periods. 4. Don't sit there! I've ..... and the paint is wet. A) Painted. B) Been painting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been painting. 5. The train ..... just left when we got to the station. A) Has. B) Had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 6. Abdullah and Ibads, standing in front of office, ..... stayed in Sarulla since 1987. A) Have. B) Has. C) Is having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 7. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: "Mother ..... the invitations tomorrow." A) Sends. B) Is sending. C) Have sent. D) Will be sending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be sending. 8. Emphasizes the completion of an action in relation to a future reference point. A) Future Perfect Simple. B) Future Perfect Continuous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future Perfect Simple. 9. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses:The engineers ( test ) the update before deploying it. A) Had tested. B) Has been testing. C) Had been testing. D) Was testing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had tested. 10. He denied ..... all our money but I know we're broke. A) Had lost. B) Having lost. C) To have lost. D) To lose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having lost. 11. Choose the correct verb:My friends (love / loves) playing soccer after school. A) Love. B) Loves. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 12. By the time she retires next year, she ..... as a police officer for thirty years. A) Has worked. B) Will have worked. C) Will have been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will have been working. 13. By the time she arrived, we ..... watching the film. A) Already finished. B) Had been finishing. C) Had already finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already finished. 14. Choose the correct sentence in the Past Perfect tense: A) She has already left when I arrived. B) She had already left when I arrived. C) She was already leaving when I arrived. D) She already left when I arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had already left when I arrived. 15. The naughty students ..... (message) their friends during the class. A) Messaged. B) Were messaging. C) Had messaged. D) Had been messaging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were messaging. 16. They hadn't ..... the air conditioning once in five years, so they got rid of it. A) Turned on. B) Been turning on. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turned on. 17. How long ..... ( they/ know) Jim? A) Have they known. B) Have they been knowing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have they known. 18. By the end of the month, he ..... married for the second time A) Have been getting. B) Have gotten. C) Had been getting. D) Will have gotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have gotten. 19. A) I'm so bored, I ..... on this street corner collecting money since 8 a.m. A) Am standing. B) Was standing. C) Have been standing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have been standing. 20. Teacher:Did you complete your assignment?Student:Yes, we have finished it. 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: C) The action is completed but is currently relevant. 21. Complete the sentence ..... spaghetti and meatballs for dinner three times this week. Can we have something different tonight? A) We'll have been having. B) We've been having. C) We've had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We've had. 22. Sabrina had felt uneasy before she went out onto the stage. A) Past perfect. B) Present perfect. C) Future perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect. 23. She ..... three novels, but none of them became bestsellers. A) Has been writing. B) Has written. C) Had written. D) Was writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has written. 24. I ..... of myself as special until I met Mary. A) Didn't thought. B) Hadn't thought. C) Didn't think. D) Did not thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't thought. 25. In a few years' time, slangs ..... out of fashion as other new words come into the language. A) Will have gone. B) Are going. C) Go. D) None of the above. 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