This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which two words are the basic building blocks for making the past perfect tense? A) Was + verb. B) Had + past participle. C) Have + verb. D) Will + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + past participle. 2. Before Aunt May (move) to Masbate, she (learn) to speak Cebuano. A) Had moved, learned. B) Moved, had learned. C) Moved, learned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moved, had learned. 3. Choose the sentence that best shows which action happened first. A) When the bell rang, the students had already packed their bags. B) When the bell had rung, the students packed their bags. C) The students packed their bags, and then the bell had rung. D) The students had packed their bags when the bell had rung. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the bell rang, the students had already packed their bags. 4. ..... Eric had made breakfast, he called his friend. A) After. B) Before. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 5. The whole crop ..... before the monsoon rains came. A) Has been harvested. B) Harvested. C) Had harvested. D) Had been harvested. E) Has harvested. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been harvested. 6. True or False:Words like 'already, ' 'before, ' and 'by the time' are often used with the past perfect tense to make the order of events clear. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which sentence shows the correct way to form the past perfect tense? A) She had finished her homework. B) I had ate the pizza. C) We did go to the park. D) They has seen that movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had finished her homework. 8. Identify the past perfect tense in this sentence:After she had finished her homework, she went to bed. A) Had finished. B) Went. C) To bed. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 9. I had ..... my homework before eight. A) Do. B) Done. C) Does. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Done. 10. When I ..... (do) my homework, I went to sleep. A) Had do. B) Had done. C) Had did. D) Had does. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done. 11. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense to show a cause? A) The ground was wet because it had rained all night. B) The ground was wet because it has rained all night. C) The ground was wet because it rained all night. D) The ground was wet because it had rain all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ground was wet because it had rained all night. 12. Unscramble the following sentence:breakfast / before / had / came / here / you / had / here /? A) Had you had breakfast before you came here?. B) Before you came here did you have breakfast?. C) Had you breakfast before you had came here?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you had breakfast before you came here?. 13. Choose the best verb form for the blank. After I ..... the whole book, I watched the movie version. A) Have read. B) Was reading. C) Read. D) Had read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had read. 14. Nicole Kidman got an oscar after she ..... brilliantly in "The Hours" . A) Has played. B) Played. C) Had been played. D) Has been played. E) Had played. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had played. 15. Before it ..... (start) to rain, I ..... (reach) the station. A) Started, reached. B) Started, have reached. C) Started, has reached. D) Started, had reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Started, had reached. 16. I couldn't go out because I had broken my leg.From the passage, which sentence is the event that happened first? A) I could go out. B) I hadn't broken my leg. C) I had broken my leg. D) I couldn't go out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I couldn't go out. 17. He bought a plane ticket to Paris because he ..... never ..... the Eiffel Tower. A) Had seen. B) Had, see. C) Hadn't seen. D) Have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 18. When she arrived, the match ..... A) Had already start. B) Had already started. C) Already had started. D) Already had start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already started. 19. Change the verb into present perfect tense.He ..... ( go ) to the library. A) Has gone. B) Has go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has gone. 20. Past perfect tense is used to express an action that was completed before another action occurred. A) True. B) False. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. She ..... (watch) a video after the children ..... (go) to bed. A) Watched-had gone. B) Had watched-gone. C) Watch-had gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watched-had gone. 22. After they ..... (finish) their homework, they watched TV. A) Were finishing. B) Finish. C) Had finished. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 23. We ..... (be) late for the plane because we had forgotten our passports. A) Was. B) Have been. C) Were. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 24. Dinosaurs ..... hundreds of millions of years ago. A) Lived. B) Had lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived. 25. .... Mario ..... (sleep) before I came? A) Had, sleep. B) Had, slept. C) Will, slept. D) Have, sleep. E) Was, slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had, slept. 26. We use the present perfect continuous to ..... A) Talk about specific actions in the past. B) Talk about actions that no longer happen. C) To talk about actions which started in the past and are still happenning now. D) To talk about actions which started in the present and are still happenning now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To talk about actions which started in the past and are still happenning now. 27. Complete the sentence:By the time we arrived, the movie ..... already started. A) Having. B) Has. C) Have. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 28. I ..... a new camera before I went to London. A) Had bought. B) Have bought. C) Had buy. D) Has bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had bought. 29. Why are your clothes so wet? A) I have been washing the car. B) I have washing the car. C) I have ben washing the car. D) I have washed the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have been washing the car. 30. Pina (force) herself to go to kitchen after her mother (ask) her to cook A) Forced, asked. B) Had forced, asked. C) Forced, had asked. D) None of the above. 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