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Perfect Infinitive - Exercise 5

This document provides an exercise to choose the correct perfect infinitive form to complete sentences. It contains 10 sentences testing the use of perfect and continuous infinitives like "have left", "be listening", "have sent", and "have been having" in different contexts like possibilities, actions that were happening, and reported speech. The sentences cover a range of verb tenses and aspects including past, present, perfect, and continuous.

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Perfect Infinitive - Exercise 5

This document provides an exercise to choose the correct perfect infinitive form to complete sentences. It contains 10 sentences testing the use of perfect and continuous infinitives like "have left", "be listening", "have sent", and "have been having" in different contexts like possibilities, actions that were happening, and reported speech. The sentences cover a range of verb tenses and aspects including past, present, perfect, and continuous.

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Perfect infinitive - exercise 5

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Exercise 5

Choose the correct forms to complete the sentences.

It is possible that he left.

He might .................................
□ left □ have left

I was listening to Sue and Jill.

You shouldn't ................................................................. to them.


□ be listening to them □ have been listening

I'm sure they sent the parcel.

They must ....................................... the parcel.


□ have sent □ have been sent

It is impossible that she was having a bath.

She couldn't ....................................................... a bath.


□ have been having □ be having

He seems to have been ill.

It seems that he ........................ ill.


□ is □ was

I happened to have bought such a bike before.

It happened that I ................................. such a car before.


□ bought □ had bought

She pretended to have been smiling at him.

She pretended that she ............................................ at him.


□ was smiling □ had been smiling

John appears to have been suffering for a long time.

It appears that John ................................................ for a long time.


□ had been suffering □ has been suffering

He is known to have abandoned his family.

Everybody knows that he ...................................... his family.


□ had abandoned □ abandoned

They are believed to have been telling the truth.

People believe that they ................................... the truth.


□ were telling □ are telling

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