This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past And Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I (submit) ..... my test paper when I (remember) ..... the correct answer to the question. A) Submitted, had remembered. B) Had submitted, remembered. C) Submit, remember. D) Submitted, remembered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had submitted, remembered. 2. I ..... a salesman before I worked for this company. A) Was. B) Had never been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never been. 3. She stayed up all night because she ..... bad news. A) Had received. B) Received. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had received. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. The lesson ..... (already start) when I ..... (arrive). A) Already start, arrive. B) Already started, had arrived. C) Already started, arrived. D) Already start, had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Already started, arrived. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. I ..... a dress when a thief ..... my bag. A) Just bought, had stolen. B) Just had bought, stolen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Just had bought, stolen. 10. The bus driver (get) ..... sick before they (reach) ..... the city. A) Got, had reached. B) Got, reached. C) Get, reach. D) Had gotten, reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had gotten, reached. 11. Jerry ..... (pay) when I ..... (deliver) their balikbayan package. A) Paid / Delivered. B) Had paid / Delivered. C) Had paid / Had delivered. D) Should have paid / should have delivered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had paid / Delivered. 12. Cyril (arrive) ..... when his team (win) the game. A) Arrived, had won. B) Had arrived, won. C) Arrived, won. D) Arrives, win. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived, had won. 13. I didn't like the apartment. It was much smaller than I ..... at first. A) Have thought. B) Had thought. C) Had think. D) Has think. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had thought. 14. 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. 15. We (be) ..... very lucky with the weather. A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 16. Brandon ..... a book when his brother entered the room. A) Reads. B) Read. C) Was reading. D) Had read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. I (see) her before somewhere-I (know). A) Had seen/ had known. B) Saw/ had known. C) Saw/ knew. D) Had seen/ knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had seen/ knew. 20. 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. 21. I ..... a few questions. It is your turn to do so. A) Have answered. B) Answer. C) Has answered. D) Had answered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have answered. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. Which of the following verbs is NOT in past perfect tense? A) Had been. B) Had understood. C) Had. D) Had had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 26. 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. 27. I ..... (see) many of these Learning diaries and author's logic before you showed it to me. A) Had seen. B) Have seen. C) Seen. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 28. That was the first time I ..... a salsa in a night club. A) Danced. B) Had danced. C) Didn't dance. D) Had dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had danced. 29. 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. 30. 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. 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