This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past And Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... his 50th birthday last year. (celebrate) A) Had been celebrating. B) Will be celebrating. C) Celebrated. D) Were celebrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celebrated. 2. We had already eaten when John ..... (come) home. A) Came. B) Had come. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came. 3. Choose the correct simple past form of take. A) Taken. B) Had taken. C) Took. D) Has taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took. 4. I already ..... breakfast this morning. A) Have. B) Having. C) Had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 5. Last year, Juan ..... all his exams. A) Passed. B) Had passed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passed. 6. I know that I ..... (see) her somewhere before. A) Knew, had seen. B) Know, see. C) Knew, saw. D) Know, had seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knew, had seen. 7. I had known my husband for three years when we ..... (get) married. A) Had got. B) Got. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got. 8. The children ..... their meal when the mother arrived home. A) Had finished. B) Has finished. C) Finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 9. When I ..... (get) off the bike I ..... (see) that one of those tires ..... (lose) air. A) Get, see, lose. B) Got, saw, lost. C) Get, saw, lost. D) Got, see, lose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got, saw, lost. 10. I (save) ..... my document before the computer (crash) ..... A) Saved / had crashed. B) Had saved / crashed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had saved / crashed. 11. If we have two actions that happened in the past and we want to show what action took place first, we use this tense of the verb. A) Past Perfect Tense. B) Future Perfect Tense. C) Present Perfect Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Tense. 12. Choose the sentence that uses the past perfect tense:A) They went to the beach after they had finished their work. B) They go to the beach after they finish their work. A) They will go to the beach after they finish their work. B) They went to the beach after they had finished their work. C) They went to the beach after they had finished their work. D) They are going to the beach after they finish their work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They went to the beach after they had finished their work. 13. Before we reached the station we saw that we ..... (lose) our way. A) Had lost. B) Lost. C) Lose. D) Losing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lost. 14. They (not / know) ..... where to meet because nobody (tell) ..... them. A) Knew, told. B) Did not know, had told. C) Does not know, had tell. D) Doesnt know, told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not know, had told. 15. Jane ..... for hours before a taxi finally appeared on the deserted road. A) Had been waiting. B) Will be waiting. C) Was waiting. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been waiting. 16. She (watch) ..... a movie after the children (go) ..... to bed. A) Watched ; had gone. B) Had watched ; gone. C) Had watched ; went. D) Watched ; went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watched ; had gone. 17. Choose the correct pair of verbs that will complete the following sentences.We (move) to Manila after we (live) ten years in Quezon City. A) Moved-had lived. B) Had moved-lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moved-had lived. 18. I ..... my teacher a present for her birthday last year. A) Give. B) Gives. C) Gived. D) Gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gave. 19. The children (play) ..... again after the rain (stop) ..... A) Play, stops. B) Played, had stopped. C) Played, stopped. D) Had played, stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played, had stopped. 20. Karin and Rania were late for the plane because they ..... (forget) their passport. A) Forgotten. B) Forgot. C) Has forgotten. D) Had forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had forgotten. 21. PAST AND PAST PARTICIPLE OF BEGIN ..... A) BEGUN, BEGUN. B) BEGINS, BEGIN. C) BEGAN, BEGUN. D) BEGAN, HAD BEGUN. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BEGAN, BEGUN. 22. After Sofie had finished her work, she (go) ..... to lunch. A) Went. B) Had go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 23. That day I ..... to the airport yet, so I worried. A) Hasn't arrive. B) Hasn't arrived. C) Hadn't arrive. D) Hadn't arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't arrived. 24. It (be) ..... great. A) WERE. B) WAS. C) IS. D) ARE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WAS. 25. The beds were very comfortable, I ..... well. A) Sleped. B) Slipped. C) Slept. D) Sleeped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slept. 26. She ..... the contest. A) Joined. B) Joint. C) Join. D) Joining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joined. 27. Which of the following verb is NOT in past tense? A) Had done. B) Submitted. C) Underwent. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had done. 28. I didn't say anything until she (finish) ..... talking. A) Finished. B) Had finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished. 29. Tirta ..... of going to Norway before Nova suggested it. A) Thought. B) Didn't think. C) Hadn't thought. D) Hasn't thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't thought. 30. I ..... (go) to the zoo yesterday. A) Was going. B) Had gone. C) Am going. D) Went. 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