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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We could not go into the concert because we ..... (not bring) our tickets. A) Had not brought. B) Had not bring. C) Had not bought. D) Had not brang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not brought. 2. It had never ..... that much before the last winter. A) Snowy. B) Snowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snowed. 3. After they ..... their backpacks, they rode away on their bikes. (to pack) A) Had packed. B) Had pack. C) Had been packing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had packed. 4. The board of directors ..... decided to sell their assets. A) Has. B) Had. C) Have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 5. The following is an example of a sentence from the past perfect. A) I had been studying present tense. B) I had studied present tense. C) I studied present tense. D) I was studying present tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had studied present tense. 6. My friends visited jogja city mall yesterday and I ..... (watch) a movie in there before they came. A) Am watching. B) Watch. C) Had watched. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had watched. 7. Rewrite the sentences in passive voice" I had sold a marketstore." A) A marketstore had been sold by me. B) A marketstore had sold by me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A marketstore had been sold by me. 8. Past Simple or Past Perfect?I was late for work because I (miss) the bus. A) Have missed. B) Missed. C) Had missed. D) Has missed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had missed. 9. Where ..... she(go)? A) Was/gone. B) Had/gone. C) Is/going. D) Had/go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had/gone. 10. The warden had cleaning the room when we got back yesterday. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 11. They were all doing nothing because ..... their job. A) Has finished. B) Had finished. C) Have finished. D) Will have finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished. 12. The past perfect tense expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 13. Before the students started to write, the teacher ..... their mobile phones. (to collect) A) Has collected. B) Has collects. C) Had collected. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had collected. 14. Change into English!"When the vaccine was discovered, everyone had become zombies." A) By the time the vaccine had been found, everybody became a zombie. B) Everybody has become a zombie when the vaccine was found. C) By the time the vaccine was found, everybody had been a zombie. D) When the vaccine was found, everybody had became a zombie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By the time the vaccine was found, everybody had been a zombie. 15. The Indonesian government ..... (prepare) the covid-19 vaccine a few weeks ago A) Prepared. B) Prepare. C) Had prepared. D) Is preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had prepared. 16. Before he ..... the lawn, he ..... some roses. A) Had mowed / picked. B) Mowed / had picked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mowed / had picked. 17. She ..... (leave) from arena directly. A) Had been left. B) Had been leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been left. 18. Fill in the blank for PAST PERFECT tense:"Jenny ..... never been on that roller coaster before today!" A) Had. B) Will have. C) Have. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 19. Rewrite the sentences in passive voice" The brave men had defended the city '' A) The city had been defended by the brave men. B) The city has been defended by the brave men. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The city had been defended by the brave men. 20. I went there after I had completed my work. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. Past Simple or Past Perfect? My friend (to be) in the hospital because he (slip) on a banana skin. A) Were + sliped. B) Was + had slipped. C) Had been + slipped. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was + had slipped. 22. Savanna told Summer why she ..... only a few people to the special Halloween party A) Had been inviting. B) Invites. C) Had invited. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had invited. 23. Savanna believed, ..... Summer not ..... out with Auggie so much she'd be more popular. A) If hangs. B) Had hung. C) Had hang. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had hung. 24. THE TEACHER ..... (EXPLAINED) THE MATERIAL BEFORE HE GAVE A TEST TO HIS STUDENTS A) EXPLAINS. B) HAD EXPLAINED. C) EXPLAINED. D) HAS EXPLAINED. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD EXPLAINED. 25. Before Ken ran to Kerry's house, he ..... him. (to phone) A) Had phone. B) Had phones. C) Had phoned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had phoned. 26. THE FORMULA OF PAST PERFECT TENSE IS ..... S + ..... + V-3 A) HAVE. B) HAD. C) HAVING. D) HAS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD. 27. What is the negative form of the sentence 'I had seen that movie before.'? A) I didn't see that movie before. B) I haven't seen that movie before. C) I hadn't seen that movie before. D) I don't see that movie before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I hadn't seen that movie before. 28. MOTHER ..... (NOT-BUY) HER NEW DRESS.(PAST PERFECT) A) HAD NOT BOUGHT. B) DOES NOT BUY. C) HAS NOT BOUGHT. D) DID NOT BUY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HAD NOT BOUGHT. 29. I told her to bring some food but she ..... with her bare hands. A) Has came. B) Had come. C) Had came. D) Has come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had come. 30. She ..... a video after the children ..... to bed. A) Had watched / went. B) Watched / had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watched / had gone. 31. She ..... met her until that day. A) Isn't. B) Hadn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't. 32. Write the past perfect tense of the verb in parentheses on the line. Rudy never (see) ..... a bear before. A) Had seen. B) Saw. C) See. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 33. What had they ..... that made him so angry? A) Said. B) Say what . C) Say. D) Saying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Said. 34. 5-When he ..... the train station, the train left.There is no time left between the two actions. A) Reach. B) Reaches. C) Reached. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reached. 35. They ..... (not read) a science book in library. A) Had not been read. B) Had not read. C) Had been not read. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been not read. 36. When the firemen arrived, the house ..... down. A) Has already burnt. B) Already burnt. C) Was already burnt. D) Had already burnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already burnt. 37. Susan ..... the report before her boss requested it. A) Has already printed. B) Already printed. C) Has already been printed. D) Had already printed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already printed. 38. What tense is used for events that occur first and end first? A) Past Perfect Tense. B) Present Perfect Tense. C) Past Simple Tense. D) Present Simple Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Perfect Tense. 39. Once the flower ..... , we could see the beautiful surrounding of the house. A) Had bloomed. B) Has bloomed. C) Have bloomed. D) Will have bloomed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had bloomed. 40. Gerry helped his grandma in the house because his father ..... him so. (to tell) A) Has tells. B) Had told. C) Have told. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had told. 41. I had ..... my homework before lunch. A) Finished. B) Finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 42. Mr. Darwin ..... all afternoon. A) Has been gardening. B) Is gardening. C) Had been gardening. D) Was gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been gardening. 43. They (arrive) at my house before I was ready. A) Had arrived. B) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had arrived. 44. When I returned with my camera ..... A) The bird had already flown away. B) The bird has already flown away. C) The bird had flown already away. D) The bird had already flew away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bird had already flown away. 45. The boy knocked the door. There was nobody inside. His mother ..... yet. A) Hadn't returned. B) Haven't returned. C) Hasn't returned. D) Didn't return. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't returned. 46. 10-Hardly had he crossed the street ..... he met an old friend. A) When. B) After. C) Yet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 47. .... he sent the emails, he had made a phone call with his manager. A) As soon as. B) By the time. C) Until. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the time. 48. Before I could open my umbrella, it ..... raining. A) Has stopped. B) Have stopped. C) Had stopped. D) Had stops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had stopped. 49. Past Simple or Past Perfect?The teacher (correct) the tests that the students (write). A) Corrected, have written. B) Corrects, written. C) Has corrected, has written. D) Corrected, had written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corrected, had written. 50. Jim had finished the work when ..... A) The manager comes back. B) The manager came back. C) The manager come back. D) The manager had come back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The manager came back. 51. By the time the show began, all my friends ..... (to arrive) A) Had arrived. B) Have arrived. C) Has arrived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had arrived. 52. She ..... her homework so she was sad. A) Isn't/is not done. B) Hasn't/has not done. C) Wasn't/was not done. D) Hadn't/had not done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't/had not done. 53. By the time we came, she ..... the project. A) Had finished. B) Has finishes. C) Was finishing. D) Has finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 54. I ..... (express) my feeling through social media before my friend suggested me to tell her. A) Had expressed. B) Was expressing. C) Expressed. D) Express. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had expressed. 55. ..... the water ..... when you went to the kitchen? A) Have, boiled. B) Has, boiled. C) Will, boil. D) Had, boiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had, boiled. 56. She passed the exam because she ..... very hard. A) Works. B) Worked. C) Had worked. D) Has worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had worked. 57. She ..... finished her short course. A) Has. B) Had. C) Have. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 58. ..... they ..... (swim) before late evening? A) Had, been swam. B) Had, been swum. C) Had been, swum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had, been swam. 59. Susan ..... the radio after she ..... the dishes. A) Had turned on / washed. B) Turned on / had washed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turned on / had washed. 60. Convert the following past simple sentence to past perfect tense:He ate lunch at 12 o'clock. A) He will eat lunch at 12 o'clock. B) He has eaten lunch at 12 o'clock. C) He had eaten lunch at 12 o'clock. D) He ate lunch at 1 o'clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had eaten lunch at 12 o'clock. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Tense Quiz 1Past Perfect Tense Quiz 2Past Perfect Tense Quiz 3Past Perfect Tense Quiz 4Past Perfect Tense Quiz 5Past Perfect Tense Quiz 6Past Perfect Tense Quiz 7Past Perfect Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books