Fall Semester B1 QUIZ 1

Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense?

• She has finished her work.

• She had finished her work when I arrived.

• She finishes her work.

• She finishing her work.

Why do we use the past perfect tense?

• To talk about the future

• To make predictions

• To describe actions that happened before another action in the past

• To describe habitual actions

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets: "Before the players arrived, the coach ___ (prepare) the equipment."

• prepares

• prepared

• had prepared

• was preparing

Which sentence does NOT correctly use the past perfect tense?

• She had lived in Japan before moving to Korea.

• They hadn't seen the movie yet.

• He had never been so happy before.

• We had dinner at 9 pm.

Fill in the blank: "I ___ (not / complete) my homework when she called."

• had not completed

• have not completed

• was not completing

• will not have completed

Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect continuous tense?

• She was studying when he arrived.

• She had been studying for three hours when he arrived.

• She is studying when he arrived.

• She studies when he arrived.

What does the past perfect continuous often emphasize?

• The completion of an action

• The duration of an action before another action

• A repeated action in the past

• An action that will happen in the future

Complete the sentence: "The writer ___ (work) on his novel for months, but he still wasn't satisfied."

• had been working

• were working

• worken

• has been working

Identify the error in this sentence: "She had been waiting for over an hour when he finally arrive."

• Change "had been waiting" to "was waiting"

• Change "arrive" to "arrived"

• Change "for over an hour" to "since over an hour"

• No error

What is typically needed to form the past perfect continuous tense?

• had + been + present continuous

• has + been + present participle

• have + been + present participle

• was + being + past participle