This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When I ..... (turn) on the television, my favourite program ..... (already/finish). A) Had turned / already finished. B) Turned / had already finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turned / had already finished. 2. I met all my friends at Joe's party because he ..... (INVITE) so many people. A) Invited. B) Had invited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had invited. 3. Choose the correct form to complete the sentence:By the time we arrived, the movie ..... A) Was starting. B) Had started. C) Starts. D) Will start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had started. 4. Mohammed had left the house before I ..... (CALL). A) Called. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 5. I wish we ..... (not / eat) so much cake. Now we feel sick. A) Hadn't eaten. B) Didn't eat. C) Hasn't eaten. D) Wasn't eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't eaten. 6. Peter ..... William last September. A) Meet. B) Met. C) Has met. D) Had meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met. 7. Punctuality is not my cup of tea. By the time I arrived, the lesson ..... A) Had already been starting. B) Had already started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already started. 8. My daughter already ..... her leg once. A) It has broken us. B) Had broken. C) They had broken. D) I had broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had broken. 9. Cathy ..... the piano for 35 years when she was finally asked to do a solo with the local orchestra. A) Had been playing. B) Have been playing. C) Has been playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 10. I saw Annabel last week. She ..... (change) a lot. A) Has changed. B) Changes. C) Had changed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had changed. 11. It was the first time I saw him. We ..... before. A) Met. B) Have meet. C) Had never met. D) Had met. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had never met. 12. "I was angry. I ..... all year and I sitll didn't have enough money" A) Has saved. B) Has been saving. C) Had saved. D) Had been saving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been saving. 13. We didn't need to queue because my friend ..... (buy) the tickets. A) Has bought. B) Bought. C) Had bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had bought. 14. Choose the correct answer:We ..... for nearly 100 kilometers before we finally found a service station where we could have a rest. A) Had driven. B) Had been driving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been driving. 15. Aitana (open) the box after she (find) the key. A) Opened / has found. B) Was open / finded. C) Opened / had found. D) Opening / found. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opened / had found. 16. I wanted to pay for dinner, but I ..... (forget )my wallet. A) Forget. B) Had forgotten. C) Forgotten. D) Forgot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had forgotten. 17. After they ..... (eat) the sandwich, they ..... (begin) to feel sick. A) Had eaten / began. B) Ate / had begun. C) Had eaten / begun. D) Has eaten / began. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten / began. 18. Identify the past perfect:'She had not remembered to visit her grandma before going to Canada.' A) Had not. B) Remembered. C) Not remembered. D) Had not remembered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had not remembered. 19. My dog ..... something bad, so he got sick A) Has eaten. B) Had eaten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten. 20. It ..... rained all summer, so the grass was completely dead. A) Didn't. B) Hasn't. C) Wasn't. D) Hadn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't. 21. I ..... my test because I ..... A) Failed, haven't studied. B) Had failed, didn't study. C) Failed, hadn't studied. D) Have failed, didn't study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Failed, hadn't studied. 22. Select the sentence that demonstrates the correct use of past perfect tense: A) They were playing soccer when it started to rain. B) They had been playing soccer when it started to rain. C) They had played soccer before it started to rain. D) They play soccer when it starts to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had played soccer before it started to rain. 23. I asked Mr. Green how many books he ..... A) Did read. B) Read. C) Had read. D) Had readed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had read. 24. Have you ever ..... (go) to Brussels? A) Go. B) Went. C) Be. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Been. 25. (Andrea / eat) anything before she went to the theatre? A) Had Andrea eaten. B) Andrea eaten. C) Andrea ate. D) Did Andrea eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had Andrea eaten. 26. He was ill for 2 months already before he went to the doctor ..... A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 27. What is the past participle of speak? A) Spoken. B) Speaking. C) Spoke. D) Speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spoken. 28. After Columbus (discover) America, he (return) to Spain. A) Has discover / has return. B) Has discovered / had returned. C) Had discovered / returned. D) Discovers / returning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had discovered / returned. 29. By the time I ..... to the party, my friends ..... I missed them. A) Got, had left. B) Have gotten, left. C) Had gotten, left. D) Got, have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got, had left. 30. We often use 'd (the short form of had) in the ..... A) Affirmative. B) Past participle. C) Before. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affirmative. 31. When David came, everybody ..... (leave) A) Leave. B) Have left. C) Had left. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 32. Lynne left the restaurant after she ..... eating. A) Finished. B) Had finish. C) Had finished. D) Has finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 33. I am worried because my son ..... sick for some days. I think that I will go to the doctor tomorrow. A) Has been. B) Had been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been. 34. John ..... (see) the ball before he hit it. A) Has seen. B) Saw. C) Had seen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had seen. 35. The class ..... when we got to the science laboratory. A) Has just started. B) Just had started. C) Had just started. D) Had started just. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had just started. 36. Brian couldn't buy a new computer because he ..... enough money. A) Hadn't saved. B) Didn't save. C) Hadn't save. D) He hadn't studied at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't saved. 37. My brother already knew the news but the others did not believe that my grandfather ..... (die) two hours earlier. A) Have died. B) Will have died. C) Has died. D) Had died. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had died. 38. Jack ..... home after his father ..... for a dog. A) Had come / had walked. B) Had come / walked. C) Came / had walked. D) Came / walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came / had walked. 39. When we use the contraction "-'d" + the verb in past participleFor example:I'd wokenWhat verb tense is used? A) Conditional verb (would). B) Present Perfect. C) Past Perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Perfect. 40. ..... (cover / us) the yard to be able to use it on rainy days. A) We have covered. B) Had covered. C) We had covered. D) You had covered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We had covered. 41. They ..... (enjoy) the party, until the police arrived. A) Has been enjoying. B) Had enjoy. C) Had been enjoying. D) Were enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been enjoying. 42. She ..... snow until she ..... to Canada. A) Hadn't seen, moved. B) Didn't see, had moved. C) Didn't see, has moved. D) Hasn't seen, moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't seen, moved. 43. What's the past participle of the verb make? A) Maked. B) Made. C) Maden. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 44. The past perfect is used to talk about ..... A) An action before another action in the past. B) An action in progress in the past. C) An action interrupting another action in the past. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An action before another action in the past. 45. The teacher was angry because I ..... to do my homework. A) Had forgetten. B) Had forgotten. C) Had forget. D) Had forgot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had forgotten. 46. Fraser ..... sushi before he ..... to Japan. A) Came / had never eaten. B) Never ate / had come. C) Had come /never ate. D) Had never eaten, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had never eaten, came. 47. My eyes were sore because I ..... computer games all day. A) Had been playing. B) Had played. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been playing. 48. I ..... Mohammed, because he ..... his hair very short. A) Hadn't recognize/ hadn't cut. B) Didn't recognize/ hadn't cut. C) Didn't recognize/ had cut. D) Hadn't recognize/ had cut. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't recognize/ had cut. 49. Complete:1. Han attacked Lee's sister.2. Lee fought Han.Lee ..... Han because Han ..... his sister. A) Fought-had attacked. B) Fought-attacked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fought-had attacked. 50. We use "had + verb in participle" to talk about actions that happened BEFORE another action in the past. A) NO. B) YES. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) YES. 51. She ..... much of the city yet so she asked us to show her around. A) Hadn't been seeing. B) Hadn't seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't seen. 52. He ..... (lose) his keys before he ..... (leave) the house. A) Had lost / left. B) Had lost / had left. C) Lost / had left. D) Lost / left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lost / left. 53. Mona didn't ..... a story yesterday. A) Wroted. B) Writed. C) Wrote. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Write. 54. (he / book) a room before they went to Dublin? A) Did he booked. B) He had booked. C) He books. D) Had he booked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had he booked. 55. Lewis hurt his leg in a car crash yesterday. I wish he ..... more carefully. A) Hadn't drive. B) Had driven. C) Had drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had driven. 56. She didn't know the exam topics because she ..... them before. A) Have never study. B) Has never studied. C) Had never studyed. D) Had never studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had never studied. 57. After the family ..... (eat) breakfast, they went to the zoo. A) Eating. B) Has been eating. C) Had eaten. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had eaten. 58. 'She ..... (live) in China before she ..... (go) to Thailand.' A) Lived / had gone. B) Had lived / went. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had lived / went. 59. When she had talked to the teacher, she felt more confident. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 60. I had the impression I ..... you somewhere before. A) Had met. B) Had been meeting you. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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