This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pina (keep) on asking her mother about the utensils before she (find) them herself. A) Had kept, found. B) Kept, had found. C) Kept, found. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had kept, found. 2. Complete the sentence:By the time my mom arrived, I ..... the entire pizza. A) Have eaten. B) Had eated. C) Had eaten. D) Did eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had eaten. 3. It is important to learn past perfect tense as it functions in many ways but the two most common functions are during:i. a formal conversation (for fluent use)ii. for starters of Englishiii. for media uses (movies, music)iv. to seem intellectual (viewed by others as smart) A) I and ii. B) I and iii. C) Ii and iv. D) Ii and iii. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I and ii. 4. The sentence 'She had just left when you called' uses the past perfect tense correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. She said that she ..... (not/visit) the UK before. A) Had not visited. B) Had visited. C) Hadn't visit. D) Hadn't visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't visited. 6. Which happened first? A) "They had eaten dinner before I arrived.". B) Leaving. C) Eating dinner. D) Arriving. E) Cooking dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eating dinner. 7. I didn't recognize my old classmate because he ..... so much. (Past Perfect Tense) A) Wasn't changed. B) Did change. C) Hadn't changed. D) Had changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had changed. 8. Imagine this happened:First, you studied for your history test. Second, you took the test and felt confident. Which sentence best tells this story using the past perfect tense? A) I had felt confident during the test because I had studied for it. B) I had felt confident during the test because I studied for it. C) I felt confident during the test because I studied for it. D) I felt confident during the test because I had studied hard for it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I felt confident during the test because I had studied hard for it. 9. I ..... classical music at first, but it is beginning to grow on me. A) Hated. B) Have hated. C) Had hated. D) Hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hated. 10. Had you ..... the news before you came here? A) Sees. B) Saw. C) Seen. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seen. 11. He ..... out with a girl before. He was very nervous on his first date. A) Had never gone. B) Had never went. C) Had gone never. D) Never had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never gone. 12. Change the verb into past perfect tense.I ..... ( practice ) the songs before the program started. A) Are practiced. B) Had practiced. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had practiced. 13. Which sentence correctly combines these two ideas? First, Maria finished her homework. Then, she called her friend. A) When Maria had finished her homework, she had called her friend. B) Maria called her friend when she finished her homework. C) After Maria had finished her homework, she called her friend. D) Maria had called her friend after she finished her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After Maria had finished her homework, she called her friend. 14. True or False:The sentence 'I had never seen the ocean until I visited California.' uses the past perfect tense to express an experience up to a certain point in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. If Amel ..... me, I would have gone to the party. A) Has invited. B) Had invited. C) Invited. D) Had invite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had invited. 16. When Amp ..... at school, she realized she ..... her textbook. A) Had forgotten, arrived. B) Had arrived, forgot. C) Forgot, had arrived. D) Arrived, had forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived, had forgotten. 17. "The butterfly had flew when I tried to catch it", which part of the sentence is incorrect? A) Flew. B) Had. C) When. D) Tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flew. 18. Fill in the Blank with the past verb that is in parenthesis:We ..... (practice) math before I started school. A) Had played. B) Had practiced. C) Had practicing. D) Had practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had practiced. 19. Nisa told us yesterday that she ..... England in 2000. A) Had visiting. B) Had visited. C) Is visiting. D) Was visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had visited. 20. After Sofie (finish) taking a bath, she (go) to lunch. A) Finished, went. B) Had finished, went. C) Finished, had went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, went. 21. I ..... my exercises by the time Alan ..... A) Was doing/came. B) Was doing/had come. C) Had done/came. D) Did/had come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had done/came. 22. Bill and Jane were very tired because they ..... on stage for hours A) Have danced. B) Dance. C) Had been dancing. D) Were dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been dancing. 23. Fill in the blank to show which action happened first:After the team ..... for weeks, they finally won the championship game. A) Had practiced. B) Practices. C) Practiced. D) Was practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had practiced. 24. The calculator is not working. Someone ..... (break) the calculator. A) Broke. B) Has broken. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has broken. 25. The quality was better than I ..... A) Had expected. B) Expected. C) Was expect. D) Expect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had expected. 26. Change the verb into past perfect tense.Shalini ..... ( expect ) to make it to the top this time. A) Had expected. B) Is expect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had expected. 27. I ..... watched two seasons of this T.V. show A) Has not. B) Had not. C) Haden't. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not. 28. Here are two events:1. The rain started. 2. We got inside. Which sentence best combines these to show that the rain started first? A) We had gotten inside when the rain started. B) We got inside when the rain had started. C) We got inside, and then the rain started. D) We had gotten inside, so the rain started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We got inside when the rain had started. 29. The plants were not blossoming because it ..... until yesterday. A) Haven't rained. B) Hadn't rained. C) Had rained. D) Have rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't rained. 30. Choose the correct past perfect verb form:By the time the sun set, they ..... the picnic. A) Finish. B) Finishing. C) Finished. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had finished. ← 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