SYLLABUS/TOPIC:
- Past Perfect
- Reported statements
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
After every 10 questions, answers are provided.
1. Lisa _____ me a lift because I _____ the bus.
A) gave / missed
B) have given / have missed
C) gave / had missed
D) had gave / missed
2. I _____ her for everything she _____.
A) thanking / did
B) thanked / had done
C) have thanked / has done
D) had thanked / had done
3. When I got to the office, I _____ that I _____ to lock the front door.
A) had realized / forget
B) realized / had forgotten
C) realized / forget
D) had realized / had forgotten
4. After they _____ their work, they ___ home.
A) had finished / went
B) finished / went
C) had finished / had gone
D) finished / had gone
5. I _____ you at 8.00, but you _____ just _____ out.
A) call / have / gone
B) called / have / gone
C) called / had / gone
D) have called / have / gone
6. I took my family to Paris last year. I _____ there as a student, so I_____ my way around.
A) was / know
B) were / knew
C) had been / have known
D) had been / knew
7. After I _____ to the news, I _____ to bed.
A) listened / went
B) had listened / went
C) have listened / had gone
D) listen / go
8. He _____ he was at school the day before.
A) says
B) told
C) said
D) is telling
9. Sandra _____ Bob that she didn’t see the Taj Mahal.
A) told
B) tells
C) said
D) talked
10. Why did you _____ that?
A) talk
B) said
C) tell
D) say
ANSWERS :
1-C
2-B
3-B
4-A
5-C
6-D
7-B
8-C
9-A
10-D
11. Could I ______ your pen?
A) give
B) lend
C) borrow
D) make
12. I’m English. I come from Brighton. In Paris I am a _____.
A) cooker
B) stranger
C) travel
D) foreigner
I went to a school reunion last week. I __(13)__ very surprised. So many things __(14)__. They __(15)__ the old gymnasium, and the library __(16)__. I __(17)__ slowly round the school. Everything __(18)__ much smaller, although they __(19)__ some impressive new buildings. I __(20)__ lots of my old schools friends, too, and they __(21)__ the same either. Some of them __(22)__ to London, and the most of them __(23)__ married. I __(24)__ to the headmaster for while. He __(25)__. He __(26)__ that he __(27)__ every boy who __(28)__ the school since he __(29)__ working there in 1978. But when I asked him what my name was, he __(30)__ confess that he __(31)__ which __(32)__ me realize that I __(33)__ too!
13. A) am
B) have been
C) was
D) had been
14. A) changed
B) had changed
C) has changed
D) has change
15. A) had knocked down
B) knocked down
C) knock down
D) have knocked down
16. A) disappeared
B) was disappeared
C) had disappeared
D) have been disappeared
17. A) have walked
B) walked
C) was walking
D) had walked
18. A) seems
B) have seemed
C) had seemed
D) seemed
19. A) were building
B) built
C) have built
D) had built
20. A) met
B) meet
C) had met
D) have meet
ANSWERS :
11-C
12-D
13-C
14-B
15-A
16-C
17-B
18-D
19-D
20-A
21. A) hadn’t stayed
B) weren’t stayed
C) didn’t stay
D) not stayed
22. A) have moved
B) moved
C) had moved
D) was moving
23. A) are get
B) had got
C) were got
D) have got
24. A) talked
B) had talked
C) was talking
D) have talked
25. A) haven’t left
B) had not left
C) didn’t leave
D) hadn’t leave
26. A) said
B) was saying
C) had said
D) have said
27. A) remembers
B) have remembered
C) remembered
D) had remembered
28. A) attended
B) had attended
C) have attended
D) attending
29. A) had started
B) starts
C) started
D) have started
30. A) had to
B) have had to
C) had had to
D) was having to
ANSWERS :
21-A
22-C
23-B
24-A
25-B
26-A
27-C
28-B
29-A
30-A
31. A) forget
B) forgot
C) have forgotten
D) had forgotten
32. A) have made
B) made
C) had made
D) was made
33. A) was changed
B) had changed
C) have changed
D) changed
34. _____ I had had a bath I went to bed.
A) Before
B) Soon as
C) After
D) Until
35. I had read the book _____ I saw the film.
A) when
B) before
C) until
D) after
36. I ____ to sleep until I _____ my homework.
A) don’t go / did
B) had not gone / had done
C) didn’t go / did
D) didn’t go / had done
37. As soon as he _____ his driving test, he _____ a car.
A) passed / bought
B) had passed / bought
C) passes / had bought
D) passed / had bought
38. When I _____ the letter, I _____ it away.
A) read / had thrown
B) had read / had thrown
C) had read / threw
D) read / threw
39. “You can move in immediately.”
She told me I _____ immediately.
A) will move in
B) would move in
C) can move in
D) could move in
40. “The people who I looked after are very well.”
She said that the people who she _____ after _____ very well.
A) were looking / are
B) have looked / are
C) would looked / were
D) had looked / were
ANSWERS :
31-D
32-B
33-B
34-C
35-B
36-D
37-B
38-C
39-D
40-D
41. “You’ll have to make up your mind soon.”
She told me I _____ make up my mind soon.
A) had to
B) will have had to
C) would have to
D) could have to
42. I didn’t recognize him because he _____ a haircut.
A) had had
B) has
C) had
D) have had
43. He always makes me _____.
A) to laugh
B) laughing
C) laugh
D) be laughed
44. She refused _____ for the meal.
A) paying
B) to pay
C) pays
D) the pay
45. I’ll never forget _____ him for the first time.
A) meet
B) meeting
C) to meet
D) to met
46. “It’s a quite flat, and the neighbors are nice.”
“Mrs. Deon said it __a quite flat, and the neighbors __ nice.”
A) has been / are
B) is / were
C) was / were
D) had been / have been
47. “You look brown. Have you ____ on holiday?” “Yes, we’ve _____ got back.”
A) been / now
B) gone / just
C) been / just
D) did / already
48. I live in a house now, but before I _____ in a flat.
A) am using to live
B) used to live
C) had used to live
D) have used to live
49. “I need £100 deposit.”
Then she said she _____ £100 deposit.
A) needs
B) had needed
C) needed
D) have needed
50. I _____ the book back to the library after I _____ reading it.
A) take / finished
B) have taken / have finished
C) took / had finished
D) had taken / finished
ANSWERS :
41-C
42-A
43-C
44-B
45-B
46-C
47-C
48-B
49-C
50-C
