Past Perfect - Advanced (B2) Quiz

1. By the time we arrived at the meeting, the decision _______.

a) had been made

b) was made

c) has been made

d) is made

2. The suspect _______ through CCTV footage before the arrest was made.

a) was identified

b) has been identified

c) had been identified

d) is identified

3. Which sentence uses Past Perfect to create dramatic irony?

a) He walked into the room and saw his colleagues.

b) He smiled confidently, not knowing his colleagues had already discovered his secret.

c) He will meet his colleagues tomorrow.

d) He has been working with his colleagues for years.

4. Transform to inverted conditional: "If we had known the risks, we would have acted differently."

a) If we would have known the risks, we would have acted differently.

b) Would we have known the risks, we would have acted differently.

c) Have we known the risks, we would have acted differently.

d) Had we known the risks, we would have acted differently.

5. By 1945, millions _______ by the war. (Choose the passive Past Perfect)

a) had been displaced

b) were displaced

c) have been displaced

d) are displaced

6. Smith (2015) built on the foundation that Johnson _______ in 2010. (academic context)

a) established

b) had established

c) has established

d) establishes

7. Which is a mixed conditional showing a past condition with a present result?

a) If I study medicine, I will be a doctor.

b) If I studied medicine, I would be a doctor.

c) If I had studied medicine, I would be a doctor now.

d) If I had studied medicine, I would have been a doctor.

8. When the meeting started, I _______ the entire report. (completed action)

a) was reading

b) had read

c) had been reading

d) have read

9. The company failed because it _______ to changing markets. (cause and effect)

a) did not adapt

b) does not adapt

c) had not adapted

d) has not adapted

10. Records show that officials _______ about the problem six months earlier. (journalism context)

a) were warned

b) have been warned

c) are warned

d) had been warned

11. I _______ him for years. (Choose the correct form with stative verb)

a) had known

b) had been knowing

c) was knowing

d) have been knowing

12. She stood at the window, remembering. Years ago, she _______ in this house. (flashback narrative)

a) lived

b) had lived

c) has lived

d) is living

13. I _______ to call, but he didn't. (expressing violated expectation)

a) expect him

b) have expected him

c) had expected him

d) expected him

14. When I arrived, she _______ for over an hour. (emphasis on duration)

a) waited

b) had waited

c) was waiting

d) had been waiting

15. The project _______ before the deadline. (passive form)

a) had been completed

b) was completed

c) has been completed

d) is completed

16. Which sentence is correct?

a) If I would have known, I would have helped.

b) If I had known, I would have helped.

c) If I have known, I would have helped.

d) If I know, I would have helped.

17. Looking back, I realize I _______ so many mistakes. (retrospective judgment)

a) made

b) have made

c) had made

d) was making

18. By the time the study began, several researchers _______ this phenomenon. (academic context)

a) investigated

b) had already investigated

c) have investigated

d) are investigating

19. The suspect _______ in the area for several years before the incident. (news reporting)

a) had been living

b) was living

c) has been living

d) lived

20. The issue _______ at the previous meeting. (formal meeting minutes)

a) was raised

b) had been raised

c) has been raised

d) is raised