This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Before we reached the station, we saw that we ..... our way. A) Had lost. B) Had losed. C) Losed. D) Lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lost. 2. After they ..... (finish) dinner, they ..... (go) for a walk. A) Had finished / had gone. B) Finished / had gone. C) Had finished / went. D) Finished / went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished / went. 3. Mark the correct sentence in the PAST PERFECT TENSE: A) She walked into the room only to find that her friend had left. B) I was about to go out when I had remembered my purse. C) He had looked at his phone again and began to walk faster. D) Surprisingly, the candidate had resigned yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She walked into the room only to find that her friend had left. 4. I miss my ex-boyfriend. I wish he ..... me. A) Hadn't leaved. B) Hadn't left. C) Had left. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't left. 5. ..... he read the book that you gave me yesterday? A) Haven't. B) Has. C) Have. D) Hasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 6. When I opened the curtains the sun was shining and the ground was white. It (snow) during the night. A) Snowed. B) Has snowing. C) Was snowing. D) Had snowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had snowed. 7. She ..... the exam because she had worked very hard A) Passes. B) Pass. C) Passed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Passed. 8. She wishes she ..... (study) harder for the exam. She didn't pass. A) Has studied. B) Studied. C) Had studied. D) Was studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had studied. 9. I couldn't buy popcorn because I ..... my money. A) Have lost. B) Have lost. C) Had lost. D) Had been losing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had lost. 10. I wish I ..... (not / tell) you the truth. You wouldn't be so sad now. A) Didn't told. B) Wasn't told. C) Hadn't told. D) Hasn't told. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't told. 11. ..... he given up the tournament? A) Had. B) Have. C) Had had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 12. He couldn't phone the plumber A) Because he had lost his phone number. B) Because he had been losing his phone number. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he had lost his phone number. 13. Julie wasn't at home. She had ..... (go) shopping. A) Went. B) Goed. C) Goes. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gone. 14. When the police arrived, the thief ..... A) Had. B) Escaped. C) Had escaped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had escaped. 15. Madrid ..... cold these days. A) Has been. B) Had been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been. 16. I wanted to let them know, but it was too late:already ..... (open / them) the package A) Have opened. B) She had opened. C) Had opened. D) They had opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had opened. 17. I ..... a letter from him just before my wedding. A) Has got. B) Had got. C) Have got. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had got. 18. Kathy told me you ..... late several times in the past. She also mentioned that she ..... several movies because of your late arrivals. A) Have been/ had missed. B) Have been/ have missed. C) Had been / had missed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been / had missed. 19. When he ..... (arrive) at the party, Julie had just left. A) Has arrived. B) Had arrived. C) Arrives. D) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived. 20. Past perfect:I watch TV. A) I had watched TV. B) I watched TV. C) I watched TV. D) I have watched TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had watched TV. 21. If only they ..... (not / miss) the train. They would have arrived on time. A) Hasn't missed. B) Hadn't missed. C) Wasn't missed. D) Didn't miss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't missed. 22. Change to past perfect continuous:I work A) I have been working. B) I had been working. C) I been working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had been working. 23. What is the past tense and past participle of swim? A) Swam/swum. B) Swim/swimmen. C) Swum/swam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swam/swum. 24. 'Why were you so tired when I saw you last night?' 'Because I ..... all day!' A) Had been cooking. B) Had cooked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been cooking. 25. Before the exam ..... , we ..... all night. A) Began/studied. B) Had began/studied. C) Began/had studied. D) Began/have studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Began/had studied. 26. He lived in London for two years and then he ..... (go) to Edinburgh. A) Went. B) Go. C) Has gone. D) Have gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 27. He bought a house there. He ..... there for 5 years already. A) Had lived. B) Has lived. C) Had been living. D) Have been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has lived. 28. I needed to know what ..... to my cat A) Had happening. B) Has happened. C) Was happened. D) Had happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had happened. 29. What is the structure of Past Perfect if the sentence is a question? A) Had + Subject + Verb-ed (for irregular verbs, we use the Past Participle). B) Subject + had + Verb-ed (for irregular verbs, we use the Past Participle). C) Subject + had + not (hadn't)+ Verb-ed (for irregular verbs, we use the Past Participle). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had + Subject + Verb-ed (for irregular verbs, we use the Past Participle). 30. Ruby y Alexa havian tocado la trompeta A) He had played the trumpet. B) They had played the trumpet. C) We had played the trumpet. D) You had played the trumpet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had played the trumpet. 31. There was a bad small when I ..... home, so I ..... the windows at once to let it out. A) Get, opened. B) Got, open. C) Got, opened. D) Get, opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got, opened. 32. I looked at the photo and suddenly realised that I ..... that man somewhere before. A) Saw. B) Had seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had seen. 33. They ..... (come) from thousands of miles away. A) Had comed. B) Had came. C) Had come. D) Had camed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had come. 34. Choose the correct time expression: ..... he woke up, everyone had eaten breakfast. A) Just. B) After. C) When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 35. By the time he ..... her, she ..... someone new A) Calls, founds. B) Called. has found. C) Called, had found. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called, had found. 36. He wishes he ..... (not / say) those words. It hurt her feelings. A) Hasn't said. B) Didn't say. C) Wasn't said. D) Hadn't said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't said. 37. I didn't order food because I ..... (forgot) my wallet. A) Have forgotten. B) Had forgotten. C) Forget. D) Forgot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had forgotten. 38. After they had eaten dinner, they ..... to the theater. A) Go. B) Have gone. C) Had gone. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 39. We use Past Simple for an action which happened at a definite time in the past; the time is stated, already known or implied. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 40. Dad ..... drive this morning because he had lost his car keys. A) Can't. B) Couldn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couldn't. 41. If only ..... that Katy Perry song. Sarah would have danced with me. A) They'd played. B) They played. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They'd played. 42. After they ..... (perform), they ..... (receive) a thunderous applause from the audience. A) Had performed, received. B) Had performed, had received. C) Performed, had received. D) Performed, received. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had performed, received. 43. The lights ..... (go) off because we ..... (not pay) the electricity bill. A) Had gone / didn't pay. B) Went / didn't pay. C) Had gone / hadn't paid. D) Went / hadn't paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went / hadn't paid. 44. We were extremely tired at the end of the journey.We ..... for more than 24 hours. A) Were travelling. B) Had travelled. C) Had been travelling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been travelling. 45. By the time the movie started, they ..... (already) ..... their seats. A) Had taken. B) Have taken. C) Will take. D) Are taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had taken. 46. Robert was apologetic but they said they ..... long. A) Hadn't waited. B) Hadn't been waiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been waiting. 47. We had already eaten when John ..... home. A) Coming. B) Comes. C) Come. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came. 48. The sun ..... yesterday after it ..... cold for many weeks. A) Had shone / was. B) Had shined / was. C) Shone / had been. D) Shined / had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shone / had been. 49. By the time my sister ..... back from holiday, all her plants at home ..... A) Came, died. B) Came, die. C) Came, had die. D) Came, has die. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came, had die. 50. The robber ..... the bank before the policemen ..... A) Had left / arrived. B) Left / arrived. C) Left / had arrived. D) Had left / arrive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left / arrived. 51. Choose the sentence that is correctly written in past perfect. A) We had builted one house there. B) He has built three houses here. C) I had build a house in this place. D) He had built three houses here. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had built three houses here. 52. Before Jack ..... to bed, he ..... the window. A) Had gone / opened. B) Went / opened. C) Had gone / had opened. D) Went / had opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went / had opened. 53. Choose the option that completes the sentence in an accurate way:When I ..... at the cinema, the film ..... A) Had arrived/had started. B) Arrived/ started. C) Had arrived/ starting. D) Arrived/ had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived/ had started. 54. By the time we got to the restaurant, Our friend ..... A) Have left. B) Left. C) Had left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 55. By the time I moved in, they ..... the building work. A) Finished. B) Had finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished. 56. They (go) to a restaurant after they (sail). A) Went / had sailed. B) Went / has sailed. C) Had gone / had sailed. D) Gone / sailing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went / had sailed. 57. What do we need to add in the REGULAR verbs to create the Past Simple verb? A) None. B) -ing. C) -d or-ed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -d or-ed. 58. When we want to talk about two past actions, which of the following tenses should be used to talk about the first past action? A) Past simple. B) Present perfect. C) Past perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect. 59. The negative structure for Past perfect simple is A) Subject + had + not + verb in past participle + complement. B) Subject + have + verb in past participle + not + complement. C) Subject + had + not +verb in simple past + complement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject + had + not + verb in past participle + complement. 60. WHAT IS THE PAST PERFECT STRUCTURE? A) S+HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE. B) S+DID+INFINITIVE. C) S+HAD+INFINITIVE+C. D) S+HAVE/HAS+PASTPARCIPLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) S+HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Quiz 1Past Perfect Quiz 2Past Perfect Quiz 3Past Perfect Quiz 4Past Perfect Quiz 6Past Perfect Quiz 7Form And Use The Past Progressive Verb Tense QuizPast, Present, Future Perfect Tense Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books