This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past And Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After I ..... (finish) the report, I saw that it ..... (be) too late. A) Had finished, were. B) Had finished, was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, was. 2. Uncle David ..... (go) to the doctor after he ..... (be) ill for a month. A) Went, had been. B) Went, was. C) Go, was. D) Go, had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go, had been. 3. Before you arrived, the participants ..... the library. A) Had leaving. B) Had leave. C) Had left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 4. Deb:How long (3) ..... (the trip / take)? A) Does the trip take. B) Do the trip take. C) Did the trip took. D) Did the trip take. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did the trip take. 5. To go somewhere that is unknown or dangerous A) Venture. B) Forlorn. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venture. 6. Mum once ..... (paint) a picture although she ..... (never, learn) it. A) Paint, learn. B) Paint, never learned. C) Painted, learn. D) Painted, never learned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Painted, never learned. 7. The reporter interview the mayor before the event. A) Had interviewed. B) Interviewed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had interviewed. 8. When the friends ..... to the cinema, the film ..... (to get/to start) A) Got, had already started. B) Had got, started. C) Got, has started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got, had already started. 9. He (hear) ..... the news, (go) to the telephone and (call) ..... a friend. A) Had heard, gone, called. B) Heard, went, called. C) Had heard, went, called. D) No answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had heard, went, called. 10. I ..... to help my Dad to wash the dishes last night A) Tryed. B) Try. C) Tried. D) Am trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tried. 11. The children had tidied up the room before they ..... for exercise that morning. A) Went. B) Go. C) Gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 12. In the evenings we usually (go) ..... to a pub. A) GO. B) GOES. C) WENT. D) GONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WENT. 13. Choose the sentence that uses the past perfect tense:A) We had already left when the movie started. B) We already left when the movie starts. A) We already leave when the movie started. B) We had already left when the movie started. C) We had already leaving when the movie started. D) We already left when the movie was starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We had already left when the movie started. 14. The dog had chased the bird before it ..... out of the yard. A) Had flown. B) Flew. C) Fly. D) Flown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flew. 15. Jenny lost the key after she ..... to the washroom. A) Had gone. B) Has went. C) Had went. D) Has gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone. 16. My sister cried after her wounds ..... A) Had bleed. B) Had bleeding. C) Had bleding. D) Had bled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had bled. 17. They (notify) ..... the company after they (arrive) ..... home. A) Notify, arrive. B) Notified, had arrived. C) Notified, arrived. D) Had notified, arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Notified, had arrived. 18. Which is the correct past perfect question form? A) Had my mom seen my dog before it disappeared?. B) My mom had seen me, hadn't she?. C) Had I seen the doctor when it be the time?. D) Had my father talked to you before you goed to school?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had my mom seen my dog before it disappeared?. 19. I eat dinner when my friend call me. A) Had eaten. B) Ate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten. 20. The rain ..... an hour ago. A) Had stopped. B) Stopped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stopped. 21. Identify the past tense verb in the following sentence:He played soccer with his friends. A) Running. B) Played. C) Jumped. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 22. Choose the correct simple past form of shake. A) Shook. B) Have shaken. C) Shaken. D) Had shaken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shook. 23. All of the items below are examples of time expressions. Which doesn't belong to the group? A) By the time. B) When. C) Until. D) Last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Last week. 24. Identify the past participle of the verb "drive" . A) Drove. B) Driven. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Driven. 25. When Jerwin (sign) ..... his name in his first poem, he (seal) ..... his fate. A) Had signed, sealed. B) Signed, sealed. C) Signed, had sealed. D) Signs, seals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had signed, sealed. 26. Jane (already / type) ..... ten pages when her computer (crash) ..... A) Had already typed, crashed. B) Has already typed, crashed. C) Have already typed, crashed. D) Will already typed, crashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already typed, crashed. 27. I ..... (feel) great after I ..... (pass) the exam. A) Feel, had passed. B) Feel, pass. C) Felt, had passed. D) Felt, passed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Felt, passed. 28. My mother ..... me to sweep the floor when I was young. A) Teach. B) Taught. C) Am teaching. D) Teaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taught. 29. They ..... their house before the visitors came. A) Had cleaning. B) Had cleaned. C) Had clean. D) Had cleans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had cleaned. 30. The children ..... the fireplace when the mother finally came home. A) Fix. B) Had fixed. C) Fixed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had fixed. 31. They take their seats before the movie begin. A) Had taken. B) Took. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had taken. 32. They ..... (never find) where he ..... (hide) the money. A) Never found, had hidden. B) Had never found, hide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never found, had hidden. 33. The verb 'forgot' is in ..... A) Past perfect tense. B) Past tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past tense. 34. No, not at all. It was fun on the train, and I had many conversations. By the time the journey was over, (8) ..... (I / make) many new friends. In fact, one of them (9) ..... (go) to my high school. (10) ..... (I / never / meet) her before! A) Goes. B) Gone. C) Will go. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 35. Januel ..... the place before we reached. A) Had left. B) Left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 36. Meg (hate, hates, hated) vegetables when she was young. A) Hate. B) Hates. C) Hated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hated. 37. Deb:What (7) ..... (you / do) during those seven days? Did you ever get bored? A) Did you did. B) Did you do. C) Do you did. D) Does you do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you do. 38. Before he (sing) ..... a song, he (play) ..... the guitar. A) Had sung ; played. B) Sang ; had played. C) Sang ; had play. D) Sang ; played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sang ; had played. 39. PAST AND PAST PARTICIPLE OF LIVE ..... A) LIVED, HAD LIVED. B) LIVES, LIVE. C) LIVED, LIVED. D) HAS LIVED, HAD LIVED. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) LIVED, LIVED. 40. I (write) ..... the email before he apologized. A) Had written. B) Had writen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had written. 41. A student ..... to the door to know what's going on outside after he hadheard a loud noise. A) Gone. B) Go. C) Goes. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 42. PAST AND PAST PARTICIPLE OF WALK ..... A) WALKED, HAD WALKED. B) WALKS, WALK. C) WALKED, WALKED. D) WALKED, HAS WALKED. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WALKED, WALKED. 43. Dana ..... the letter. A) Wrote. B) Had written. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 44. Sophia had never visited Hong Kong before I ..... (do). A) Had done. B) Did. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 45. Choose the correct pair of verbs that will complete the following sentences.When our parents (arrive), all of us (fall) asleep. A) Had arrived-fell. B) Arrived-had fallen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived-had fallen. 46. I had made five cakes before you came. The verb 'had made' is in ..... A) Past tense. B) Past perfect tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect tense. 47. You ..... (be) there recently. A) Had been. B) Had beinghad being. C) Have beenhave been. D) Were been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 48. It was a firm that I ..... (never hear) of. A) Never hear. B) Had never heard. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never heard. 49. A form of a language that is spoken in a particular area A) Dialect. B) Meager. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 50. Choose the correct past perfect form (had + past participle) for each sentence:14. Rachel, Phoebe, and Joey ..... (heard) about Chandler and Monica by the time Ross found out. A) Had heard. B) Had horn. C) Had hear. D) Had heared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had heard. 51. I (know) ..... him for a long time before I (meet) ..... his family. A) Know, meet. B) Had known, met. C) Knew, met. D) Known, had met. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had known, met. 52. Terry's dog ..... (play) with my pet cat Tino. A) Has played. B) Had played. C) Played. D) Should have played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 53. I (travel) ..... around by car with two friends and we (visit) ..... lots of interesting places. A) TRAVELLED, HAD VISITED. B) TRAVELS, VISITS. C) TRAVEL, VISIT. D) TRAVELLED, VISITED. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TRAVELLED, VISITED. 54. We ..... (eat) two Big Macs before we ..... (go) home. A) Eat, go. B) Ate, had gone. C) Ate, went. D) Eat, had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ate, went. 55. The students had already (prepare, prepares, prepared) for school before it got suspended. A) Prepare. B) Prepares. C) Prepared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepared. 56. Identify the past form of the verb "bring" . A) Brang. B) Brought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brought. 57. Before I ..... the movie at the cinema, I ..... it on TV. A) Has seen, see. B) Will, saw. C) Have seen, see. D) Had seen, saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had seen, saw. 58. Tense of the verb that shows past action or event. A) Present Tense. B) Past Tense. C) Future Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Tense. 59. They heard the news before their teacher ..... the winners of the contest. A) Had announce. B) Had announceed. C) Had announced. D) Had announcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had announced. 60. We didn't need to fall in line because my wife ..... (already/buy) thetickets. A) Had already bought. B) Bought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already bought. 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