This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Students ..... (read) before class discussion. A) Had read. B) They have read. C) We were reading. D) Have read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had read. 2. 'Before' should be followed by A) The second past action in simple past tense. B) The second past action in past perfect tense. C) The first past action in simple past tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The second past action in simple past tense. 3. Identify the mistake:His father had been looked for him for 4 hours or more. A) There is no mistake. B) Had. C) Been. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Looked. 4. Was Jessica ..... (run) for the bus when you saw her? A) Ran. B) Running. C) Run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running. 5. "Kevin ..... the film five times and he still didn't really understand it" A) Had witched. B) Has wotched. C) Had watched. D) Has witched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had watched. 6. What is the correct past perfect form of "It is hot" ? A) It had hot. B) It had been hot. C) It was hot. D) It had be hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It had been hot. 7. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the following ones:We forgot our passports. As a consequence, we were late for the plane A) We were late for the plane before we had forgotten our passports. B) We were late for the plane because we had forgotten our passports. C) We were late for the plane when we forgot our passports. D) We had forgotten our passports after we were late for the plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We were late for the plane because we had forgotten our passports. 8. Before Hugo and Bruno (start) the party, they (invite) some friends. A) Started / had invited. B) Starts / inviting. C) Had started / inviting. D) Started / have inviting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started / had invited. 9. Identify the mistake:She not had been watching TV for a long time, until she finally turned off the TV. A) She. B) Had. C) Been. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not. 10. Which is NOT past perfect? A) Sam have never been to an opera before last night. B) Tony knew Istanbul well because he had visited the city many times. C) She did poorly on the exam becasue she had not read the book. D) By the time Alex finished school, he had been in London for over 8 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam have never been to an opera before last night. 11. We form the past perfect with had and the ..... of the main verb. A) Negative. B) Before. C) Affirmative. D) Past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past participle. 12. I wish I ..... (not / forget) my keys at home. Now I can't get inside. A) Didn't forget. B) Wasn't forgotten. C) Hadn't forgotten. D) Hasn't forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't forgotten. 13. Choose the correct answer:The service at the restaurant was very slow. I ..... all of my meal before my friends' A) Had already eaten. B) Had already been eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already eaten. 14. I hated every minute of that holiday. I wish we ..... to Paris. A) Had gone. B) Gone. C) Had went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone. 15. She wishes she ..... harder A) Worked. B) Had worked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had worked. 16. Mohammed couldn't buy the new computer because ..... A) He had lost his old one. B) He had watched a scary movie. C) He had spent all his money. D) He hadn't studied at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had spent all his money. 17. Cathy felt worried after she ..... her boss email. A) Had read. B) Read. C) Reads. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had read. 18. Choose the correct answer:1-Before I came to Northern Europe I ..... snow! A) Had never seen. B) Had never been seeing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never seen. 19. When we were playing soccer, ..... to rain. A) We had started. B) Had started. C) They had started. D) It had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It had started. 20. ..... she want to learn Spanish? A) Is. B) Do. C) Does. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does. 21. Complete the sentence with past perfect.We were really thirsty because we ..... all the way home. A) Had talked. B) Talked. C) Had run. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had run. 22. Before Armando (move) to Luarca, he (sell) everything. A) Has moved / sold. B) Moving / has sold. C) Moved / had sold. D) Have moved / had sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moved / had sold. 23. What's the past participle of the verb work? A) Worked. B) Works. C) Working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worked. 24. When the police arrived, the thief ..... already ..... with all the money. A) Has-leave. B) Not-left. C) Had-left. D) Will-leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had-left. 25. He ..... milk out the carton when Mom walked into the kitchen. A) Had drank. B) Have drank. C) Had been drinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been drinking. 26. Question in past perfect continuous:They/driving/for a long time A) They had been driving for a long time?. B) Have they driven for a long time?. C) Had they been driving for a long time?. D) Have they been driving for a long time?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had they been driving for a long time?. 27. She ..... (to live) in New York before she moved to Colombia. A) Has lived. B) Lived. C) Had lived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had lived. 28. We ..... (NOT KNOW) the boys because we hadn't seen them before. A) Hadn't knew. B) Didn't know. C) Didn't knew. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't know. 29. I had never ..... (see) her before. A) See. B) Saw. C) Seen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seen. 30. My sister looked quite nervous-I don't think she ..... a toast before! A) Had ever been proposing. B) Had ever proposed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had ever proposed. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Quiz 1Past Perfect Quiz 2Past Perfect Quiz 3Past Perfect Quiz 4Past Perfect Quiz 5Past Perfect Quiz 6Past Perfect Quiz 7Past Perfect Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books