Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 5 (60 MCQs)

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1. By the time I arrived home, he ..... to bed
2. After the group London, they to Edinburgh. (to visit/to fly)
3. The lesson ..... (already start) when I ..... (arrive).
4. The door they ..... last night was full of mystery.
5. Julie was very pleased to see that John ..... (clean) the kitchen.
6. The bus driver (get) ..... sick before they (reach) ..... the city.
7. Jerry ..... (pay) when I ..... (deliver) their balikbayan package.
8. Cyril (arrive) ..... when his team (win) the game.
9. I didn't like the apartment. It was much smaller than I ..... at first.
10. I had written the email before he apologized.
11. We (be) ..... very lucky with the weather.
12. Brandon ..... a book when his brother entered the room.
13. Kristoffer (memorize) ..... the lines before the teacher (call) ..... him for recitation.
14. The little girl was crying because .....
15. I (see) her before somewhere-I (know).
16. My brother ..... (call) me before I went to CDSGA.
17. I ..... a few questions. It is your turn to do so.
18. The train (left) ..... when I (arrive) ..... at the station.
19. The witness ..... before the court adjourned.
20. The thieves had already spent the money when the police ..... them.
21. Which of the following verbs is NOT in past perfect tense?
22. Joey (accept, accepts, accepted) a job offer last week.
23. I ..... (see) many of these Learning diaries and author's logic before you showed it to me.
24. That was the first time I ..... a salsa in a night club.
25. They are also called time clues and we can use them to know if the action happened in the past.
26. I went back to school after I (had recovered, have recovered, has recovered) from my illness.
27. They ..... his 50th birthday last year. (celebrate)
28. We had already eaten when John ..... (come) home.
29. Choose the correct simple past form of take.
30. I already ..... breakfast this morning.
31. I know that I ..... (see) her somewhere before.
32. I had known my husband for three years when we ..... (get) married.
33. The children ..... their meal when the mother arrived home.
34. When I ..... (get) off the bike I ..... (see) that one of those tires ..... (lose) air.
35. I (save) ..... my document before the computer (crash) .....
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.
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.
38. Before we reached the station we saw that we ..... (lose) our way.
39. They (not / know) ..... where to meet because nobody (tell) ..... them.
40. Jane ..... for hours before a taxi finally appeared on the deserted road.
41. She (watch) ..... a movie after the children (go) ..... to bed.
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.
43. I ..... my teacher a present for her birthday last year.
44. The children (play) ..... again after the rain (stop) .....
45. Karin and Rania were late for the plane because they ..... (forget) their passport.
46. PAST AND PAST PARTICIPLE OF BEGIN .....
47. After Sofie had finished her work, she (go) ..... to lunch.
48. That day I ..... to the airport yet, so I worried.
49. It (be) ..... great.
50. The beds were very comfortable, I ..... well.
51. She ..... the contest.
52. Which of the following verb is NOT in past tense?
53. I didn't say anything until she (finish) ..... talking.
54. Tirta ..... of going to Norway before Nova suggested it.
55. I ..... (go) to the zoo yesterday.
56. Jane (read) ..... a lot about elephants before she (go) ..... to the zoo.
57. She didn't want to go to the cinema because she ..... (already/see) thefilm.
58. The girl ..... when she ..... the loud cackling of the rooster.
59. I asked him to pay my watch since he ..... it.
60. Before that day, we (never/think) ..... of going to Japan.