This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past And Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. By the time I arrived home, he ..... to bed A) Had went. B) Had go. C) Had gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had gone. 2. After the group London, they to Edinburgh. (to visit/to fly) A) Left, had flown. B) Had left, flew. C) Has left, flies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left, flew. 3. The lesson ..... (already start) when I ..... (arrive). A) Already started, arrived. B) Already start, had arrived. C) Already start, arrive. D) Already started, had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Already started, arrived. 4. The door they ..... last night was full of mystery. A) Opened. B) Has opened. C) Had opened. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had opened. 5. Julie was very pleased to see that John ..... (clean) the kitchen. A) Had cleaned. B) Cleaned. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had cleaned. 6. The bus driver (get) ..... sick before they (reach) ..... the city. A) Get, reach. B) Got, reached. C) Had gotten, reached. D) Got, had reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had gotten, reached. 7. Jerry ..... (pay) when I ..... (deliver) their balikbayan package. A) Should have paid / should have delivered. B) Had paid / Delivered. C) Paid / Delivered. D) Had paid / Had delivered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had paid / Delivered. 8. Cyril (arrive) ..... when his team (win) the game. A) Arrives, win. B) Arrived, had won. C) Had arrived, won. D) Arrived, won. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived, had won. 9. I didn't like the apartment. It was much smaller than I ..... at first. A) Had thought. B) Has think. C) Had think. D) Have thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had thought. 10. I had written the email before he apologized. A) Past Tense. B) Past Perfect Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Tense. 11. We (be) ..... very lucky with the weather. A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 12. Brandon ..... a book when his brother entered the room. A) Was reading. B) Had read. C) Reads. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 13. Kristoffer (memorize) ..... the lines before the teacher (call) ..... him for recitation. A) Memorized, called. B) Had memorized, called. C) Memorized, had called. D) Memorizes, calls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had memorized, called. 14. The little girl was crying because ..... A) She had forgotten to set the alarm. B) She hadn't watered them. C) She had lost her doll. D) He hadn't studied at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had lost her doll. 15. I (see) her before somewhere-I (know). A) Saw/ had known. B) Saw/ knew. C) Had seen/ had known. D) Had seen/ knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had seen/ knew. 16. My brother ..... (call) me before I went to CDSGA. A) Called. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 17. I ..... a few questions. It is your turn to do so. A) Answer. B) Have answered. C) Has answered. D) Had answered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have answered. 18. The train (left) ..... when I (arrive) ..... at the station. A) Left / had arrived. B) Had left / arrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left / arrived. 19. The witness ..... before the court adjourned. A) Had testify. B) Had testifying. C) Had testified. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had testified. 20. The thieves had already spent the money when the police ..... them. A) Catched. B) Had catched. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catched. 21. Which of the following verbs is NOT in past perfect tense? A) Had. B) Had understood. C) Had had. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 22. Joey (accept, accepts, accepted) a job offer last week. A) Accept. B) Accepts. C) Accepted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accepted. 23. I ..... (see) many of these Learning diaries and author's logic before you showed it to me. A) Saw. B) Had seen. C) Seen. D) Have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had seen. 24. That was the first time I ..... a salsa in a night club. A) Danced. B) Didn't dance. C) Had danced. D) Had dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had danced. 25. They are also called time clues and we can use them to know if the action happened in the past. A) Time indicators. B) Time expression. C) Timeline. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time indicators. 26. I went back to school after I (had recovered, have recovered, has recovered) from my illness. A) Had recovered. B) Have recovered. C) Has recovered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had recovered. 27. They ..... his 50th birthday last year. (celebrate) A) Celebrated. B) Were celebrate. C) Will be celebrating. D) Had been celebrating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celebrated. 28. 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. 29. Choose the correct simple past form of take. A) Taken. B) Took. C) Has taken. D) Had taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 30. I already ..... breakfast this morning. A) Have. B) Having. C) Had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 31. I know that I ..... (see) her somewhere before. A) Knew, had seen. B) Know, had seen. C) Know, see. D) Knew, saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knew, had seen. 32. 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. 33. 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. 34. When I ..... (get) off the bike I ..... (see) that one of those tires ..... (lose) air. A) Get, saw, lost. B) Got, see, lose. C) Get, see, lose. D) Got, saw, lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got, saw, lost. 35. 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. 36. 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. 37. 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 are going to the beach after they finish their work. B) They went to the beach after they had finished their work. C) They will go to the beach after they finish their work. D) They went to the beach after they had finished their work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They went to the beach after they had finished their work. 38. Before we reached the station we saw that we ..... (lose) our way. A) Losing. B) Lose. C) Had lost. D) Lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lost. 39. They (not / know) ..... where to meet because nobody (tell) ..... them. A) Does not know, had tell. B) Knew, told. C) Did not know, had told. D) Doesnt know, told. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did not know, had told. 40. Jane ..... for hours before a taxi finally appeared on the deserted road. A) Was waiting. B) Will be waiting. C) Waited. D) Had been waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been waiting. 41. She (watch) ..... a movie after the children (go) ..... to bed. A) Had watched ; went. B) Had watched ; gone. C) Watched ; went. D) Watched ; had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Watched ; had gone. 42. 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. 43. I ..... my teacher a present for her birthday last year. A) Gave. B) Gived. C) Gives. D) Give. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gave. 44. The children (play) ..... again after the rain (stop) ..... A) Play, stops. B) Played, had stopped. C) Had played, stopped. D) Played, stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played, had stopped. 45. Karin and Rania were late for the plane because they ..... (forget) their passport. A) Forgot. B) Had forgotten. C) Forgotten. D) Has forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had forgotten. 46. PAST AND PAST PARTICIPLE OF BEGIN ..... A) BEGUN, BEGUN. B) BEGAN, HAD BEGUN. C) BEGINS, BEGIN. D) BEGAN, BEGUN. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BEGAN, BEGUN. 47. 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. 48. That day I ..... to the airport yet, so I worried. A) Hasn't arrived. B) Hadn't arrived. C) Hasn't arrive. D) Hadn't arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't arrived. 49. It (be) ..... great. A) WAS. B) WERE. C) ARE. D) IS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WAS. 50. The beds were very comfortable, I ..... well. A) Slipped. B) Sleeped. C) Slept. D) Sleped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slept. 51. She ..... the contest. A) Joining. B) Joint. C) Joined. D) Join. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joined. 52. Which of the following verb is NOT in past tense? A) Submitted. B) Had done. C) Ran. D) Underwent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done. 53. 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. 54. Tirta ..... of going to Norway before Nova suggested it. A) Thought. B) Didn't think. C) Hasn't thought. D) Hadn't thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't thought. 55. I ..... (go) to the zoo yesterday. A) Had gone. B) Was going. C) Am going. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 56. Jane (read) ..... a lot about elephants before she (go) ..... to the zoo. A) Read, had gone. B) Had read, went. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had read, went. 57. She didn't want to go to the cinema because she ..... (already/see) thefilm. A) Had already seen. B) Saw. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already seen. 58. The girl ..... when she ..... the loud cackling of the rooster. A) Wakes up, hears. B) Woke up, had heard. C) Woke up, hear. D) Woke up, heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Woke up, had heard. 59. I asked him to pay my watch since he ..... it. A) Had lost. B) Had lose. C) Had loosing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lost. 60. Before that day, we (never/think) ..... of going to Japan. A) Never think. B) Never thought. C) Are never thinking. D) Had never thought. 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