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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We were quite surprised, as they ..... us before. A) Had never visited. B) Had never been visiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never visited. 2. I ..... to the radio online before my parents arrived home. A) Have listen. B) Had listened. C) Am listening. D) Listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had listened. 3. Choose the option that completes the sentence in an accurate way:After they ..... the shellfish, they ..... to feel sick A) Ate/ begun. B) Had eaten/ began. C) Have eaten/ begins. D) Ate/ had begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten/ began. 4. Mum asked me why I ..... up my room. A) Didn't tidy. B) Hadn't tidied. C) Don't tidy. D) Hadn't tidyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't tidied. 5. They ..... the decision yet so we had to remain patient. A) Hadn't been making. B) Hadn't made. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't made. 6. Mona didn't ..... an English story yesterday. A) Writed. B) Wroted. C) Wrote. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Write. 7. He ..... the book before the class started. A) Read. B) Reads. C) Reading. D) Had read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had read. 8. If only we ..... the sign. We wouldn't have got into so much trouble. A) Seen. B) See. C) Saw. D) Had seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had seen. 9. Write the structure of the interrogative in the past perfect tense A) Auxiliary had + subject + verb in past participle + complement +?. B) Had + subject + verb in past participle + complement +?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + subject + verb in past participle + complement +?. 10. .... when you rang the doorbell? A) Had Sai already left. B) Did Sai already leave. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had Sai already left. 11. When Ann opened the door, she realized that someone ..... into. A) Broke. B) Had breaked. C) Has broken. D) Had broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had broken. 12. I ..... in Ecuador for all my life A) Have lived. B) Had lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have lived. 13. Form a sentence in past perfect continuous:(she/practicing/ all year), before winning the competition. A) She had practicing. B) She been practicing. C) She had been practicing. D) She has been practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had been practicing. 14. Jin ..... Chinese before she ..... to Beijing. A) Hadn't spoken / moves. B) Hadn't spoken / hadn't moved. C) Didn't speak / moved. D) Hadn't spoken / moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't spoken / moved. 15. She ..... (tell) me she ..... (study) a lot before the exam. A) Told / had studied. B) Tells / studies. C) Tells / studies. D) Had told / studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told / had studied. 16. They(come) ..... back home after they (finish) ..... their work A) Had come/ finished. B) Came/had finish. C) Had come/had finished. D) Came/ finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came/had finish. 17. Alan watched TV after he ..... lunch. A) Has had. B) Has. C) Had had. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had had. 18. What's the past participle of the verb ask? A) Asked. B) Esk. C) Asken. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asked. 19. It's the first time he ..... abroad A) Had travelled. B) Has travelled. C) Have travelled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has travelled. 20. Complete the sentence:'Mica and Yin (stop) going to the library after the construction began.' A) Were stopping. B) Had stopped. C) Has stopped. D) Have stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had stopped. 21. When we finally found his house, everyone ..... (already/leave) for a breakfast in town. A) Left. B) Had left. C) Already had left. D) Had already left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already left. 22. We can use the past perfect to show the order of two past events. The past perfect shows the earlier action and the past simple shows the later action. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. After I ..... (get) home, I realized I ..... (lose) my purse. A) Got, had lost. B) Had gotten, had lost. C) Got, lost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got, had lost. 24. What's the difference between "hadn't" and "had not" ? A) "Hadn't" is for informal situations, and "had not for formal situations". B) "hadn't" does not exist, and "had not" is the correct way. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Hadn't" is for informal situations, and "had not for formal situations". 25. Jackson hadn't ..... with his brother A) Played. B) Playing. C) Play. D) Plaied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 26. I couldn't finish the research because the electricity ..... off. A) Had gone. B) Had being. C) Has going. D) Had goed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone. 27. I could not remember the song we (learn) ..... three week before A) Had learned. B) Learn. C) Learn. D) Learnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had learned. 28. What ..... for dinner last night? (eat/you) A) You did eat. B) Did you ate. C) Did you eat. D) You did ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you eat. 29. Which of these is correct past perfect? A) Had saw. B) Have been. C) Had went. D) Had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had gone. 30. After my friend ..... the tickets, I met him at the entrance of the theater. A) Bought. B) Had bought. C) Will buy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had bought. 31. It was freezing in the park. I wish I ..... a coat. A) Had wore. B) Hadn't worn. C) Had worn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had worn. 32. After I had read the newspaper, I ..... my breakfast. A) Has. B) Have. C) Haved. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 33. If I ..... to University. I would have studied computers. A) Had went. B) Go. C) Have gone. D) Had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had gone. 34. He ..... the movie before we ..... it together. A) Will not see/watched. B) Does not see/watched. C) Did not see/had watched. D) Had not seen/watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had not seen/watched. 35. At that point I ..... from her in more than seven months. A) Hadn't been hearing. B) Hadn't heard. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't heard. 36. The thieves already ..... the bank three times. A) We had stolen. B) Have stolen. C) Has stolen. D) Had stolen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had stolen. 37. Complete the sentence:'When I arrived at the cinema, the film ..... already ..... ' A) -/ started. B) Starts. C) Had / started. D) Has / started. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had / started. 38. After they ..... (buy) the paint, they ..... (paint) the room. A) Had bought, had painted. B) Had bought, painted. C) Bought, painted. D) Bought, had painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had bought, painted. 39. I ..... the political section. A) You had read. B) I had read. C) Had read. D) We had read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had read. 40. When Jim got to the airport He noticed in horror that he ..... his passport. A) Had lost. B) Lost. C) Didn't lose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lost. 41. Amy ..... (hit) me with a soccer ball. A) Had hitten. B) Had hited. C) Had hut. D) Had hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had hit. 42. By the time I arrived my cousins ..... lunch. A) Have already had. B) Had already have. C) Had already had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already had. 43. We ..... home to find that someone ..... into the house. A) Got, had broken. B) Had gotten, broke. C) Have gotten, broke. D) Got, has broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got, had broken. 44. Fraser ..... scuba diving many times before he ..... his scuba license. A) Had gone, received. B) Went, had received. C) Went, has received. D) Has gone, received. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone, received. 45. To make a past perfect tense negative, which word would you add? A) Not. B) Never. C) No. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 46. Dad, ..... reading the paper yet? A) Have you finished. B) Had you finished. C) You have finished. D) You had finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have you finished. 47. Students ..... (read) before class discussion. A) Had read. B) We were reading. C) Have read. D) They have read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had read. 48. '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. 49. Identify the mistake:His father had been looked for him for 4 hours or more. A) Had. B) Been. C) There is no mistake. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Looked. 50. 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. 51. "Kevin ..... the film five times and he still didn't really understand it" A) Has witched. B) Had witched. C) Has wotched. D) Had watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had watched. 52. What is the correct past perfect form of "It is hot" ? A) It had been hot. B) It had hot. C) It was hot. D) It had be hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It had been hot. 53. 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 when we forgot our passports. B) We had forgotten our passports after we were late for the plane. C) We were late for the plane because we had forgotten our passports. D) We were late for the plane before we had forgotten our passports. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We were late for the plane because we had forgotten our passports. 54. Before Hugo and Bruno (start) the party, they (invite) some friends. A) Had started / inviting. B) Started / had invited. C) Starts / inviting. D) Started / have inviting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started / had invited. 55. Identify the mistake:She not had been watching TV for a long time, until she finally turned off the TV. A) She. B) Not. C) Been. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 56. Which is NOT past perfect? A) Sam have never been to an opera before last night. B) She did poorly on the exam becasue she had not read the book. C) By the time Alex finished school, he had been in London for over 8 years. D) Tony knew Istanbul well because he had visited the city many times. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam have never been to an opera before last night. 57. We form the past perfect with had and the ..... of the main verb. A) Past participle. B) Affirmative. C) Negative. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past participle. 58. I wish I ..... (not / forget) my keys at home. Now I can't get inside. A) Wasn't forgotten. B) Hasn't forgotten. C) Hadn't forgotten. D) Didn't forget. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't forgotten. 59. 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. 60. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Quiz 1Past Perfect Quiz 2Past Perfect Quiz 3Past Perfect Quiz 4Past Perfect Quiz 5Past 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