PRE INTERMEDIATE -TEST 14

– Past Perfect
– Reported statements
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

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
a 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

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

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

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

PRE-INTERMEDIATE Test: 14

1-C 2-B 3-B 4-A 5-C 6-D 7-B 8-C

9-A 10-D 11-C 12-D 13-C 14-B 15-A 16-C

17-B 18-D 19-D 20-A 21-A 22-C 23-B 24-A

25-B 26-A 27-C 28-B 29-A 30-A 31-D 32-B

33-B 34-C 35-B 36-D 37-B 38-C 39-D 40-D

41-C 42-A 43-C 44-B 45-B 46-C 47-C 48-B

49-C 50-C