WREN & MARTIN's English grammar- MCQ Past Perfect | Would Have + Past Participle

 English Grammar — MCQ Past Perfect | Would Have + Past Participle Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate

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Q1. Fill in the blank with the correct form: "If I _______ harder, I would have passed the examination." A. study B. studied C. had studied D. would study

Q2. Fill in the blank with the correct form: "She _______ the train if she had left home earlier." A. catches B. caught C. would catch D. would have caught

Q3. Fill in the blank with the correct form: "By the time the doctor arrived, the patient _______." A. dies B. died C. has died D. had died

Q4. Fill in the blank with the correct form: "If he _______ the instructions carefully, he would not have made mistakes." A. follows B. followed C. had followed D. would follow

Q5. Fill in the blank with the correct form: "She realised that she _______ her purse at the market." A. loses B. lost C. has lost D. had lost

Q6. Fill in the blank with the correct form: "If they _______ on time, they would have enjoyed the entire programme." A. arrive B. arrived C. had arrived D. would arrive

Q7. Fill in the blank with the correct form: "When I reached the office, my colleagues _______ already." A. leave B. left C. have left D. had left

Q8. Fill in the blank with the correct form: "If she _______ the truth, her parents would not have been angry." A. tells B. told C. had told D. would tell

Q9. Fill in the blank with the correct form: "He discovered that someone _______ his bicycle from the compound." A. steals B. stole C. has stolen D. had stolen

Q10. Fill in the blank with the correct form: "If you _______ me earlier, I would have helped you without hesitation." A. inform B. informed C. had informed D. would inform

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Answers with Explanations

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Q1. ✅ C — had studied. This is a Type 3 conditional sentence expressing an unreal or hypothetical situation in the past. Structure: If + past perfect (had + past participle) + would have + past participle. The condition (studying harder) did not happen in the past, so the result (passing) also did not happen. Both actions are contrary to what actually occurred.

Q2. ✅ D — would have caught. In a Type 3 conditional sentence, the main clause uses would have + past participle to express the result of an unfulfilled past condition. Since the condition (leaving home earlier) was not met, the result (catching the train) did not happen. Correct structure: would have + past participle in the main clause.

Q3. ✅ D — had died. By the time the doctor arrived signals that one past action (patient dying) was completed before another past action (doctor arriving). The earlier completed action uses past perfect tense (had + past participle). The later action uses simple past. By the time always signals past perfect in such sentences.

Q4. ✅ C — had followed. This is a Type 3 conditional sentence. The condition (following instructions) was not fulfilled in the past, so the result (not making mistakes) did not happen either. Structure: If + had + past participle in the if clause. The main clause correctly uses would not have made, confirming it is a past unreal condition.

Q5. ✅ D — had lost. The verb realised is in simple past tense. The action of losing the purse happened before the realisation. When one past action is completed before another past action, the earlier action uses past perfect tense (had + past participle). Correct: She realised that she had lost her purse at the market.

Q6. ✅ C — had arrived. This is a Type 3 conditional sentence expressing a past unreal situation. The condition (arriving on time) did not happen in the past, so the result (enjoying the programme) also did not happen. Structure: If + had + past participle in the condition clause. Main clause: would have + past participle.

Q7. ✅ D — had left. When I reached the office is a simple past action. The colleagues leaving happened before the speaker reached the office. The earlier completed action uses past perfect tense (had + past participle). The word already further confirms that the action was completed before the arrival. Correct: had already left.

Q8. ✅ C — had told. This is a Type 3 conditional sentence. The condition (telling the truth) was not fulfilled in the past, resulting in the parents being angry. Structure: If + had + past participle in the if clause and would not have been in the main clause. Both actions refer to unfulfilled or unreal past situations.

Q9. ✅ D — had stolen. The verb discovered is in simple past tense. The stealing of the bicycle happened before the discovery. When one past action is completed before another past action, the earlier action uses past perfect tense (had + past participle). Correct: He discovered that someone had stolen his bicycle from the compound.

Q10. ✅ C — had informed. This is a Type 3 conditional sentence expressing regret about a past situation. The condition (informing earlier) did not happen in the past, so the result (helping without hesitation) also did not happen. Structure: If + had + past participle in the if clause. Main clause: would have + past participle. Both refer to unreal past events.