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Verb Forms and Tenses Flashcards

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  1. I remember _____ this movie before — the ending was surprising.

    Answer: having seen

    'Remember + having done' refers to a memory of a completed past action.

  2. The suspect is reported _____ the city last night.

    Answer: to have left

    'Is reported to have + past participle' describes an action that happened before the reporting time.

  3. No sooner _____ down than the phone rang.

    Answer: had I sat

    Inversion with 'no sooner' requires 'had + subject + past participle'.

  4. She got her car _____ at the garage yesterday.

    Answer: repaired

    'Get something done' is a causative structure using the past participle.

  5. They would rather _____ at home than go to the party.

    Answer: stay

    'Would rather' is followed by the base form (bare infinitive) of the verb.

  6. He kept _____ the same mistake despite the warnings.

    Answer: making

    'Keep' as a verb meaning 'continue' is followed by the -ing form.

  7. Hardly _____ the office when it started to rain.

    Answer: had I left

    'Hardly' at the start of a clause requires subject-auxiliary inversion with the past perfect.