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Past Participle Grammar Exercises: Level B1-B2 (with Answers)

⏱ Time: 07:30 📝 Questions: 15 📊 Level: B1, B2 📚 Type: Grammar ⭐ XP: up to +16 (on pass)

The fastest way to learn is from your mistakes. Try these 15 Past Participle exercises at Level B1-B2 and read the explanation for every question — especially the ones you get wrong. Each explanation names the specific rule so you know exactly what to review.

⏱ You have 07:30 to answer 15 questions. The timer only starts when you click Begin.

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Question 1: She has already ___ the report for her manager.

Question 1 options
'written' is correct because the present perfect tense requires a past participle after 'has'. 'wrote' is simple past, 'was writing' is past progressive, and 'write' is the base form — none of these can follow 'has'.
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Question 2: By the time the guests arrived, Maria had already ___ all the food.

Question 2 options
'eaten' is correct because the past perfect tense (had + past participle) requires the past participle form of an irregular verb. 'ate' is the simple past form, 'eating' is the present participle, and 'eats' is the third-person present — none of these follow 'had'.
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Question 3: Regular verbs form the past participle by adding -ed to the base verb (e.g. 'walk' becomes 'walked').

Question 3 options
True because regular verbs follow the standard rule of adding -ed to form both the simple past and the past participle. Irregular verbs are exceptions to this pattern and must be memorised individually.
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Question 4: Which situation correctly uses a past participle in the past perfect tense?

Question 4 options
'He had finished his homework before dinner' is correct because the past perfect (had + past participle) expresses an action completed before another past event. The other options describe simple past actions, future actions, or ongoing present situations, which do not require the past perfect with a past participle.
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Question 5: Arrange the words to make a correct sentence:

Question 5 options
  • before.
  • had never seen
  • They
  • such a beautiful sunset

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The correct order is 'They had never seen such a beautiful sunset before' because the past perfect (had + past participle) places 'never' between 'had' and the past participle 'seen', and 'before' ends the sentence as a fixed time reference.
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Question 6: Which sentence is grammatically correct?

Question 6 options
'The window had been broken before we arrived' is correct because the past perfect passive uses 'had been' followed by the past participle 'broken'. The other options incorrectly use 'breaked' (not a real word), 'had broke' (wrong participle form), or 'had breaking' (wrong verb form after 'had').
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Question 7: Customer: 'Is the parcel ready?' Shop assistant: 'Yes, it has just ___ wrapped and is ready to collect.'

Question 7 options
'been' is correct because the present perfect passive requires 'has + been + past participle'. The assistant is describing an action (wrapping) just completed, using the passive structure. 'be', 'being', and 'was' do not correctly complete the present perfect passive after 'has'.
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Question 8: Which sentence correctly uses the past participle (not the simple past) of the verb 'give'?

Question 8 options
'She has given her old clothes to charity' is correct because it uses 'given' as a past participle after the auxiliary 'has'. The other options use 'gave' (simple past — no auxiliary needed), or incorrectly pair 'given' without an auxiliary verb.
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Question 9: Put the words in the correct order:

Question 9 options
  • The letter
  • had been sent
  • before he changed his mind.

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The correct order is 'The letter had been sent before he changed his mind' because the past perfect passive (had been + past participle) establishes the completed action, followed by the time clause introduced by 'before'.
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Question 10: After working all day, the team ___ the project successfully.

Question 10 options
'had completed' is correct because the sentence describes an action finished after a period of effort, best expressed with the past perfect to indicate completion before a reference point. 'was completed' is passive (no agent subject issue here), 'completed' is simple past without the sense of prior completion, and 'has completed' is present perfect, inconsistent with the past narrative.
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Question 11: Which statement about the past participle of irregular verbs is true?

Question 11 options
Irregular verbs have unique past participle forms that must be memorised and do not follow the regular -ed pattern. For example, 'see' becomes 'seen', not 'seed'. The other options incorrectly suggest that irregular past participles always match the simple past form, always end in -en, or follow a predictable pattern.
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Question 12: Rewrite using the past perfect: 'She finished the novel before the film started.' → She ___ the novel before the film started.

Question 12 options
'had finished' is correct because transforming to the past perfect requires 'had' + past participle to show that finishing the novel was completed before another past event (the film starting). 'has finished' is present perfect, 'finished' remains simple past, and 'was finishing' is past progressive.
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Question 13: Match each sentence to the correct grammar label.

Question 13 options
He had already left when I arrived.
She has written three emails this morning.
The broken vase was on the floor.
They built a new school last year.
Present perfect tense (has/have + past participle)
Past participle used as an adjective
Past perfect tense (had + past participle)
Simple past tense (regular verb + -ed)

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

Past participles are used in different tenses: simple past uses -ed/-irregular form alone; past perfect uses had + past participle; present perfect uses has/have + past participle; and past participle as adjective modifies a noun directly.
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Question 14: Some irregular verbs have the same form for both the simple past and the past participle (e.g. 'slept' is both the simple past and past participle of 'sleep').

Question 14 options
True because certain irregular verbs like 'sleep/slept/slept' and 'let/let/let' do not change between the simple past and past participle forms. Students often assume all irregular verbs have three completely different forms, but this is a common over-generalisation.
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Question 15: Which sentence uses the past participle most appropriately to describe a state resulting from a past action?

Question 15 options
'The door was locked, so we couldn't get in' is correct because 'locked' functions as a past participle used as an adjective, describing the resulting state of the door. The other options either describe active past events, use incorrect forms, or describe ongoing actions rather than resulting states.