This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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 played soccer before it started to rain. C) They had been playing soccer when it started to rain. D) They play soccer when it starts to rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had played soccer before it started to rain. 2. I asked Mr. Green how many books he ..... A) Read. B) Did read. C) Had readed. D) Had read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had read. 3. Have you ever ..... (go) to Brussels? A) Go. B) Be. C) Went. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Been. 4. (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. 5. 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. 6. What is the past participle of speak? A) Speaking. B) Speak. C) Spoke. D) Spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spoken. 7. After Columbus (discover) America, he (return) to Spain. A) Had discovered / returned. B) Has discover / has return. C) Has discovered / had returned. D) Discovers / returning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had discovered / returned. 8. By the time I ..... to the party, my friends ..... I missed them. A) Have gotten, left. B) Got, have left. C) Got, had left. D) Had gotten, left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got, had left. 9. We often use 'd (the short form of had) in the ..... A) Before. B) Past participle. C) Negative. D) Affirmative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Affirmative. 10. When David came, everybody ..... (leave) A) Have left. B) Leave. C) Had left. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 11. Lynne left the restaurant after she ..... eating. A) Had finished. B) Finished. C) Had finish. D) Has finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. The class ..... when we got to the science laboratory. A) Had just started. B) Had started just. C) Has just started. D) Just had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had just started. 15. 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. 16. My brother already knew the news but the others did not believe that my grandfather ..... (die) two hours earlier. A) Has died. B) Will have died. C) Had died. D) Have died. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had died. 17. Jack ..... home after his father ..... for a dog. A) Came / had walked. B) Had come / had walked. C) Came / walked. D) Had come / walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came / had walked. 18. 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. 19. ..... (cover / us) the yard to be able to use it on rainy days. A) You had covered. B) Had covered. C) We have covered. D) We had covered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We had covered. 20. They ..... (enjoy) the party, until the police arrived. A) Were enjoy. B) Had been enjoying. C) Had enjoy. D) Has been enjoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been enjoying. 21. She ..... snow until she ..... to Canada. A) Hasn't seen, moved. B) Didn't see, had moved. C) Hadn't seen, moved. D) Didn't see, has moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't seen, moved. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. The teacher was angry because I ..... to do my homework. A) Had forgot. B) Had forgetten. C) Had forget. D) Had forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had forgotten. 25. Fraser ..... sushi before he ..... to Japan. A) Never ate / had come. B) Had never eaten, came. C) Had come /never ate. D) Came / had never eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never eaten, came. 26. 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. 27. I ..... Mohammed, because he ..... his hair very short. A) Didn't recognize/ hadn't cut. B) Didn't recognize/ had cut. C) Hadn't recognize/ had cut. D) Hadn't recognize/ hadn't cut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't recognize/ had cut. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Quiz 1Past Perfect Quiz 2Past Perfect Quiz 3Past Perfect Quiz 4Past Perfect Quiz 5Past Perfect Quiz 7Past Perfect Quiz 8Past Perfect Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books