This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the "past participle form" of the verb "Do" ? A) Make. B) Did. C) Does. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Done. 2. Martha said that she ..... her homework. A) Completes. B) Had completed. C) Is completing. D) Has complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had completed. 3. When she went out to play, she ..... (already / do) her homework. A) Have already did. B) Had already done. C) Had already did. D) Have already done. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already done. 4. Change into interrogative form!" Retsu and Go Seiba had been the former racers for TRF team." A) Had Retsu and Go Seiba the former racers for TRF team been?. B) Retsu and Go Seiba had not been the former racers for TRF team. C) Had been Retsu and Go Seiba the former racers for TRF team?. D) Had Retsu and Go Seiba been the former racers for TRF team?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had Retsu and Go Seiba been the former racers for TRF team?. 5. Change the verb into present perfect tense.I ..... ( sing ) different kinds of songs, especially modern. A) Have sung. B) Has sing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have sung. 6. The girl had ..... before her mom helped her. A) Fall. B) Felt. C) Fell. D) Fallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fallen. 7. She ..... in China before moving to Thailand A) Did live. B) Had lived. C) Liven. D) Have live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had lived. 8. Why was the ground wet this morning? Choose the best sentence that uses the past perfect tense to explain the cause. A) The ground was wet because it is raining. B) The ground was wet because it rained. C) The ground was wet because it had rained overnight. D) The ground was wet because it has rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ground was wet because it had rained overnight. 9. He ..... this book after he ..... Thailand. A) Wrote/ had visited. B) Had written/ visited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote/ had visited. 10. ..... you ever visited France before you trip in 2006? A) Has. B) Having. C) Had. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 11. ..... you ..... (motivate) yourself to face this English competition? A) Has-motivated. B) Had-motivated. C) Have-motivated. D) Did-motivate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had-motivated. 12. Complete the sentence:Before we moved to the city, we ..... in a small village. A) Had lived. B) Are living. C) Lived. D) Live. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lived. 13. Identify the error in the following sentence:'When I got to the party, I realized I had forgot the gift at home.' A) Had forgot should be had forgotten. B) Realized should be had realized. C) Got should be gotten. D) There is no error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had forgot should be had forgotten. 14. If Tom ..... the date, he would not been eliminated. A) Had not forgot. B) Had forgotten. C) Had forgot. D) Had not forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had not forgotten. 15. After I ..... (clean) the house, I sat down to rest. A) Had cleaned. B) Was cleaning. C) Have cleaned. D) Cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had cleaned. 16. She told me that she ..... in Turkey. A) Goes. B) Is going. C) Gone. D) Had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had gone. 17. By the time they (finish) going from one stall to another, they (accumulate) several unique items. A) Finished, had accumulated. B) Had finished, accumulated. C) Finished, accumulated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished, had accumulated. 18. Derick was very tired. He ..... at all. A) Had not sleeping. B) Had not be sleep. C) Had not sleep. D) Had not slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had not slept. 19. Choose the correct past perfect tense form to complete the sentence:The meeting ..... by the time I got there. A) Had started. B) Start. C) Starts. D) Has started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had started. 20. Events that happened later and ended later in the past, what tense is used? A) Past Simple Tense. B) Past Perfect Tense. C) Present Perfect Tense. D) Present Simple Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Simple Tense. 21. I ..... English before I moved to New York. A) Studied. B) Am studying. C) Had studied. D) Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had studied. 22. Will is an example of a time word associated with the past perfect tense A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. I ..... alone to the movie theater last nigh A) Walked. B) Walkes. C) Walk. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walked. 24. Last night I started to study at 07:30. Dian came at 07:35, I ..... (study) when Dian came. A) Had studied. B) Had study. C) Have studied. D) Have been study. E) Has been studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had studied. 25. Which sentence correctly uses the negative form of the past perfect tense? A) She hadn't saw the new video game yet. B) They hadn't seen the movie before. C) We not had finished our snacks. D) He didn't had seen the show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They hadn't seen the movie before. 26. The police came after the robber ..... away. A) Ran. B) Have run. C) Had run. D) Run. E) Has run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had run. 27. After the meeting, we decided that he ..... anything important. A) Didn't really said. B) Hasn't really said. C) Wasn't really said. D) Haven't really said. E) Hadn't really said. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hadn't really said. 28. The PAST perfect is formed by ..... A) HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE. B) AM/ IS/ ARE + PAST PARTICIPLE. C) AM / IS / ARE + V-ING. D) HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE. 29. No one (publish) ..... a copy of the piece before A) Published. B) Had published. C) Publishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had published. 30. I ..... to that song before it became popular. A) Has listen. B) Has listened. C) Had listen. D) Had listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had listened. 31. She had ..... her Japanese relatives once in 1993 before she moved in with them in 1996. A) Visits. B) Visited. C) Visit. D) Visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visited. 32. What is the best answer for the following question?Tommy, what's going on? What are you looking for? A) I lost the key that my mom had given to me. B) I went downstairs because I had heard a noise. C) I hadn't played tennis before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I lost the key that my mom had given to me. 33. She was excited because she ..... (plan) her trip to Italy. A) Had plan. B) Had been planning. C) Had planning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been planning. 34. Complete the sentence:We were happy because we ..... our final exams. A) Had finished. B) Have finished. C) Finishes. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 35. The Past Participle Form for KNOW is? A) Know. B) Knowed. C) Known. D) Knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Known. 36. Which sentence has an error in its use of the past perfect tense? A) They had forgot the map and got lost. B) She had never flown on a plane before last year. C) We realized we had met each other once before. D) He had already left when I called. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had forgot the map and got lost. 37. Sheena (visit) Thailand after she (study) the Thai culture. A) Had visited, studied. B) Visited, had studied. C) Visited, studied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visited, had studied. 38. After they ..... (finish) their project, they decided to take a short vacation. A) A) finished. B) B) finishes. C) C) had finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) had finished. 39. By the end of last year, he ..... (save) enough money to buy a car. A) Saved. B) Has saved. C) Had saved. D) Will save. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had saved. 40. After they ..... the crabs, they began to feel sick. A) Ate. B) Had eaten. C) Had ate. D) Has eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten. 41. They stopped working after the sun ..... (set). A) Has sets. B) Sets. C) Have set. D) Had set. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had set. 42. When we went to Osaka, my friend ..... a lot about the city because she ..... there many times. A) Had been, knew. B) Was, had known. C) Knew, had been. D) Had known, was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knew, had been. 43. When he ..... (get) home, he ..... (discover) that his little brother ..... (eat) all the chocolates. A) Had gotten, discovered, had eaten. B) Had gotten, had discovered, had eaten. C) Got, discovered, had eaten. D) Got, had discovered, had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got, discovered, had eaten. 44. Before she moved to the new city, she ..... (live) in the same town for 20 years. A) Had lived. B) Had lives. C) Liven. D) Hsa lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lived. 45. I ..... the art museum. A) Am visiting. B) Is visiting. C) Have visited. D) Had visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had visited. 46. Choose the past perfect tense of the verb in this sentence:Before the bell rang, the students ..... their assignments. A) Had finished. B) Finished. C) Are finishing. D) Will finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 47. Sutisna ..... to give up smoking when his first child was born. A) Has promised. B) Have promised. C) Promises. D) Had promised. E) Promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had promised. 48. When the doctor arrived at last, the patient (already/ die). A) Dies. B) Is dying. C) Already died. D) Had already died. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already died. 49. After she ..... (move) out, I ..... (find) her notes. A) Had moved-found. B) Moved-had found. C) Move-had found. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had moved-found. 50. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense to show an action that happened before another past action? A) She has finished her work before leaving. B) He had eaten breakfast before he left for school. C) They finish their tasks before the meeting. D) I am going to finish my homework before dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had eaten breakfast before he left for school. 51. The water for the coffe was not ready, because it ..... yet. A) Have boiled. B) Hadn't boiled. C) Had boiled. D) Hadn't boil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't boiled. 52. Which question is formed correctly in the past perfect tense? A) You had seen that movie before?. B) Have you had seen that movie before?. C) Had you seen that movie before?. D) Did you had seen that movie before?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had you seen that movie before?. 53. Select the sentence that is a correct question in the past perfect tense. A) Did you had read that book already?. B) Had you read that book already?. C) Have you read that book already?. D) You had read that book already?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you read that book already?. 54. Complete the sentence:By the time the guests arrived, we ..... all the decorations. A) Had put up. B) Puts up. C) Put up. D) Putting up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had put up. 55. True or False:Words like 'already, ' 'never, ' and 'by the time' are often used with the past perfect tense to make the sequence of events clearer. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. I could not remember the poem we ..... the week before. A) Are learning. B) Learn. C) Will learn. D) Had learnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had learnt. 57. We ..... our dinner when the light turned off. A) Have finished. B) Has finished. C) Had finished. D) Finish. E) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 58. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense!When I arrived at the cinema, the film had ..... A) Start. B) Starts. C) Starting. D) Started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Started. 59. Complete the sentence:I couldn't buy the concert tickets because I ..... my wallet at home. A) Had left. B) Did leave. C) Was leaving. D) Have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 60. Your friend asks, 'Had you ever visited New York before our trip last summer?' What is the correct short answer if it was your first time? A) No, I hadn't. B) No, I haven't. C) No, I didn't. D) No, I wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, I hadn't. 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