This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following structures is the correct for the Past Perfect Tense? A) Subject + have/has + verb in past participle form. B) Subject + had + verb in infinitive form. C) Subject + had + verb in past participle form. D) Subject + have/has + verb simple past form. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + had + verb in past participle form. 2. He ..... to Hawaii many times. (Present Perfect Tense) A) Have been. B) Has been. C) Went. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been. 3. How long has Jane been a writer? A) Never. B) For his lifetime. C) Since 2008. D) For about 22 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For about 22 years. 4. Louis ..... (give) me a present. (Present Perfect Tense) A) Has given. B) Has gave. C) Have given. D) Have gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has given. 5. Tom ..... his homework before he watched TV. A) Did. B) Had done. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done. 6. Complete the sentence using the past perfect tense:By the time we got to the theater, the movie ..... A) Has started. B) Started. C) Had started. D) Start. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had started. 7. What is the correct past perfect form of "I do the laundry" ? A) I did the laundry. B) I have done the laundry. C) I had did the laundry. D) I had done the laundry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I had done the laundry. 8. He recognized his penpal easily because he (see) his photo before. A) Saw. B) Had seen. C) Sees. D) Has seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had seen. 9. She didn't go to the party because she ..... (not receive) an invitation. A) Didn't receive. B) Hadn't received. C) Wasn't receiving. D) Hasn't received. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't received. 10. Complete the sentence:Chocolate ..... already been packaged . A) Had not. B) Have. C) Has. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 11. Susan ..... before we met in the restaurant. A) Ate. B) Had eaten. C) Eat. D) Eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten. 12. Which option shows the correct way to build the past perfect tense? A) Had + past participle. B) Will have + verb. C) Was + verb-ing. D) Have + past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had + past participle. 13. True or False:The past perfect tense always uses the helping verb 'had' with the main verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Bob had ..... and he got the job. A) Graduates. B) Graduating. C) Graduate. D) Graduated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graduated. 15. Change the verb into present perfect tense.Congratulations! You ..... (come ) first in the spelling test. A) Had come. B) Have come. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have come. 16. ..... the doctor examined the patient thoroughly before he prescribed the medication? A) Did. B) Does. C) Do. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 17. Nobody explained why the project had ..... on time. A) Complete. B) N't been completed. C) N't complete. D) Not completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not completed. 18. He missed the bus because he ..... late. A) Had gotten up. B) Has got up. C) Got up. D) Gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gotten up. 19. It had begun to rain when I ..... A) Was going out. B) I have gone out. C) Went out. D) Had gone out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went out. 20. We ..... the car for five years when we ..... it. A) Had had/had sold. B) Had had/sold. C) Had/had sold. D) Had have/sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had/sold. 21. True or False:The past perfect tense is used to indicate an action that happened before a specific time in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. True or False:In the sentence 'Before we moved here, we had lived in Texas for ten years.', the past perfect tense indicates a duration of time. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Past perfect is the form of a verb that expresses an action completed ..... a particular point in the ..... , formed in English with had and the past participle. A) After, present. B) Before, present. C) After, past. D) Before, past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before, past. 24. Fill in the Blank with the past verb that is in parenthesis:The cat ..... (go) into my bedroom while we ate dinner. A) Had go. B) Had gone. C) Had goed. D) Had going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. 25. He ..... to Japan before 2011. A) Had not been. B) Had not is. C) Had not be. D) Had not was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been. 26. I ..... a blogger before my brother taught me how to post an article. A) Had not been. B) Have been. C) Had been. D) Was not been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been. 27. Which sentence shows the correct way to make the past perfect tense negative? A) She had saw not the movie before. B) She hadn't seen the movie before. C) She didn't saw the movie before. D) She hasn't seen the movie before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She hadn't seen the movie before. 28. He couldn't call anyone because he ..... his phone with him. A) Has brought. B) Brought. C) Hadn't brought. D) Is brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't brought. 29. She had never seen a bear before she ..... to Alaska. A) Moved. B) Moves. C) Had moved. D) Move. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moved. 30. Complete the sentence:I had finished my homework ..... A) When I goes to bed. B) When I went to bed. C) When I gone to bed. D) When I go to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When I went to bed. ← 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