This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The thieves had already spent all the money when the police ..... (catch) them. A) Caught. B) Had caught. C) Catched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caught. 2. The past perfect tense is used A) To tell us the order of the past events or actions. B) To let us know what the past events or actions were. C) To confuse us about the order of the past events or actions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To tell us the order of the past events or actions. 3. I have never ..... a bicycle. Can you teach me how to ride a bicycle? A) Ride. B) Rode. C) Riding. D) Ridden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ridden. 4. Senobia (brush) ..... her teeth A) Has brushed. B) Sam Had brushed. C) Had brushed. D) I had brushed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had brushed. 5. My computer ..... many problems lately. I will take it to the technician A) Has had. B) Had had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has had. 6. I ..... my husband for three years when we ..... married. A) Had known/get. B) Had knew/ got. C) Has knew/got. D) Had known/got. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had known/got. 7. Where (she / stay) ..... before she moved to live with her friend? A) Had stayed she. B) Had she stay. C) Had stayed. D) Had she stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had she stayed. 8. He ..... his family abroad last year. The children ..... really excited beceause they ..... abroad before. A) Took, were, had never been. B) Took, was, never been. C) Took, was, had never been. D) Took, were, never been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took, were, had never been. 9. I read the lesson aloud after I ..... the teacher's questions. A) Had answer. B) Has answered. C) Has answer. D) Had answered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had answered. 10. I wish ..... that song. A) They had played. B) They played. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had played. 11. Change using Past Perfect and Past Simple:First she practiced the dance. Then she made the TikTok video. A) Mandy had made the TikTok video before she practiced the dance. B) Mandy practiced the dance before she made the video. C) Mandy practices dancing and makes TikTok videos. D) Mandy had practiced the dance before she made the TikTok video. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandy had practiced the dance before she made the TikTok video. 12. Choose the correct answer:When I got home, I realised that I ..... before I lost my wallet! A) Had run. B) Had been running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been running. 13. I didn't see the beginning, because when I arrived at the cinema, the movie ..... A) Have started. B) Had start. C) Has started. D) Had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had started. 14. Before we reached the station, we saw that we ..... our way. A) Had lost. B) Losed. C) Lost. D) Had losed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lost. 15. After they ..... (finish) dinner, they ..... (go) for a walk. A) Had finished / had gone. B) Had finished / went. C) Finished / went. D) Finished / had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished / went. 16. 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. 17. I miss my ex-boyfriend. I wish he ..... me. A) Hadn't leaved. B) Had left. C) Hadn't left. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't left. 18. ..... he read the book that you gave me yesterday? A) Have. B) Has. C) Haven't. D) Hasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 19. When I opened the curtains the sun was shining and the ground was white. It (snow) during the night. A) Snowed. B) Was snowing. C) Had snowed. D) Has snowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had snowed. 20. 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. 21. She wishes she ..... (study) harder for the exam. She didn't pass. A) Studied. B) Had studied. C) Was studied. D) Has studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had studied. 22. I couldn't buy popcorn because I ..... my money. A) Had lost. B) Have lost. C) Have lost. D) Had been losing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lost. 23. I wish I ..... (not / tell) you the truth. You wouldn't be so sad now. A) Wasn't told. B) Hadn't told. C) Hasn't told. D) Didn't told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't told. 24. ..... he given up the tournament? A) Had. B) Have. C) Had had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 25. 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. 26. Julie wasn't at home. She had ..... (go) shopping. A) Goes. B) Gone. C) Goed. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gone. 27. 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. 28. 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. 29. I wanted to let them know, but it was too late:already ..... (open / them) the package A) Have opened. B) They had opened. C) Had opened. D) She had opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had opened. 30. When I ..... to the airport, I discovered I ..... my passport. A) Get/ forgotten. B) Got/has forgotten. C) Get/has forgotten. D) Got/ had forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got/ had forgotten. ← 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