This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct verb form:She (had, has, have) already left when I arrived. A) Had. B) Is. C) Was. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 2. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:When I (arrive) ..... at the cinema, the film (start) ..... A) Had started, arrived. B) Arrived, had started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived, had started. 3. Before he ..... (to sing) a song he ..... (to play) the guitar. A) Had sung, had played. B) Sang, played. C) Sang, had played. D) Had sung, played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sang, had played. 4. What is the Past Participle of "Dream" A) Dreamt. B) Dream. C) Dreamed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dreamt. 5. When I got to house, Mary wasn't there. She ..... A) Wasn't already leave. B) Had already left. C) Left already. D) Have already left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already left. 6. Identify the correct past perfect verb form in the sentence:She ..... (see) the movie twice before last weekend. A) Had seen. B) Seeing. C) Saw. D) Sees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 7. Identify the past perfect tense in the sentence:'They had traveled to Paris before moving to London.' A) They had moved to London. B) Had traveled. C) Had traveled to Paris. D) Traveled to London. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had traveled. 8. Do this sentense complett:I met Olga at the party, ..... A) I hadn't seen him for years. B) But they had not even started. C) I had never met her before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had never met her before. 9. By the time we ..... (come) to the cinema, those movie tickets ..... (be) sold out. A) Had come / was. B) Came / had been. C) Come / was. D) Had came/ had was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came / had been. 10. When she ..... (to arrive) the match ..... already ..... (to start). A) Had arrived, started. B) Arrived, had started. C) Had arrived, had started. D) Arrived, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived, had started. 11. What's the past participle of RIDE? A) Rode. B) Ridden. C) Rided. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ridden. 12. Fill in the blank with the correct past perfect form:They ..... (finish) their homework before they went to play. A) Finishes. B) Finish. C) Finished. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had finished. 13. Complete the sentence:By the time the concert ended, she ..... already ..... her favorite song. A) Has sung. B) Had sung. C) Sang. D) Sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had sung. 14. The sentence 'I had saw the movie before it was released' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which verb form completes the sentence in past perfect tense? By the time the sun rose, the hikers ..... the mountain. A) Climbing. B) Climbed. C) Climb. D) Had climbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had climbed. 16. I tried to find Mr Jones but he wasn't around. Then I found out he ..... A) Has died. B) Have died. C) Died. D) Had died. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had died. 17. By the time we reached the airport, the plane ..... (already / take off). A) Took off already. B) Had already taken off. C) Already had taken off. D) Already took off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already taken off. 18. Complete the sentence:By the time the sun set, we ..... the mountain. A) Have climbed. B) Climbing. C) Had climbed. D) Climbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had climbed. 19. By the time I got home, my family ..... (eat) dinner. A) Has eaten. B) Eats. C) Had eaten. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had eaten. 20. I ..... my test at school after I had prayed to God A) Done. B) Will do. C) Do. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 21. Susan has ..... dinner tonight. A) Cook. B) Prepare. C) Prepared. D) Prepares. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepared. 22. What is the Past Participle of "Deal" A) Dealt. B) Deal. C) Dealed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dealt. 23. Which among the choices makes the correct usage of the past perfect tense?February 2016:Stephen Strange injures his hands in a car accident.November 2016:Stephen Strange receives power from the Ancient One. A) Stephen Strange had received power from the Ancient One after he injured his hands in a car accident. B) Stephen Strange received power from the Ancient One after he had injured his hands in a car accident. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stephen Strange received power from the Ancient One after he had injured his hands in a car accident. 24. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect? A) I had never seen such a beautiful sunset. B) I never saw such a beautiful sunset. C) I see such a beautiful sunset. A) I have never seen such a beautiful sunset. B) I had seen such a beautiful sunset. C) I will never see such a beautiful sunset. D) A) I had never seen such a beautiful sunset. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A) I had never seen such a beautiful sunset. 25. Choose past participle of write A) Wrote. B) Written. C) Writen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Written. 26. The past perfect tense is used to describe actions that were completed before another action in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. Use the irregular verb 'swim' in a sentence using present perfect tense. A) I have swam in the ocean many times. B) I have swum in the ocean many times. C) I have swim in the ocean many times. D) I have swimmed in the ocean many times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have swum in the ocean many times. 28. Alucard ..... a shower before the guests arrived for the ML party. A) Had took. B) Had taken. C) Took. D) Has taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had taken. 29. When he ..... , the film ..... A) Arrived / finished. B) Had arrived / finished. C) Had arrived / had finished. D) Arrived / had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived / had finished. 30. I ..... (have) a terrible headache before I took the pill. A) Had. B) Have had. C) Had had. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had had. 31. The waiter brought a drink that I ..... A) Had ordered. B) Had been ordered. C) Hasn't ordered. D) Hasn't order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had ordered. 32. Choose the correct past perfect form of the verb in the sentence: "By the time she called, I ..... (complete) my homework." A) Will complete. B) Completed. C) Had completed. D) Have completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had completed. 33. Fill in the blank with the past perfect form:Before the meeting, the manager ..... the report. A) Reviews. B) Had reviewed. C) Review. D) Have reviewed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had reviewed. 34. Fill in the gap with the correct form of the verb in past perfect:By the time she was twenty, she ..... (to manage) to reach five million followers on Instagram A) Had managed. B) Has managed. C) Have managed. D) Had management. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had managed. 35. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:The plants (die) ..... because they (be) ..... dry all summer. A) Had been, died. B) Died, had been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Died, had been. 36. Los auxiliares del Presente y Pasado Perfecto son: A) Do-Does / Did. B) Has-Have / Had. C) Am-is-are / Was-were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has-Have / Had. 37. Identify the past perfect sentence: A) He goes to the store before it started raining. B) A) He had gone to the store before it started raining. C) He will go to the store before it starts raining. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A) He had gone to the store before it started raining. 38. Which of the following is NOT a correct past perfect sentence? A) They had seen that movie before. B) B) I seen that movie before. C) I had saw that movie before. D) She has finished her work before the deadline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) I seen that movie before. 39. What is the past participle form of swim? A) Swam. B) Swum. C) Swummed. D) Swamed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swum. 40. Complete the sentence using past perfect tense:By the time the bus arrived, we ..... (wait) for an hour. A) Had waited. B) Wait. C) Waited. D) Waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had waited. 41. Use the irregular verb 'break' in a sentence using past perfect tense. A) She had break her phone before she left for the trip. B) She had breaking her phone before she left for the trip. C) She had broken her phone before she left for the trip. D) She had broke her phone before she left for the trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had broken her phone before she left for the trip. 42. What is the past participle form of teach? A) Taught. B) Tought. C) Thaught. D) Teached. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taught. 43. What does the word "already" indicate in a sentence in the past perfect tense? A) Action in progress in the past. B) Action that occurred before another action in the past. C) Action that has already occurred before a specific point in the past. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Action that has already occurred before a specific point in the past. 44. The alarm didn't go off because I ..... to set it. A) Had been forgetting. B) Had forgotten. C) Have forgotten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had forgotten. 45. The dog has ..... all day. A) Bark. B) Barks. C) Barked. D) Barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barked. 46. 8) Hank ..... (start) dieting after he ..... (eat) too much apple pie. A) Had started / ate. B) Started / had eaten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started / had eaten. 47. Bob couldn't buy the new computer because he ..... all his money. A) Has spent. B) Had spent. C) Had spend. D) Spends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had spent. 48. Complete the sentence with the past perfect form of the verb in parenthesis.After I ..... (pour) the mixture into paper cups, I put a stick into each one and put the cups in the freezer. A) Pour. B) Had pour. C) Had poured. D) Have poured. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had poured. 49. She ..... (leave) before we arrived. A) Had left. B) Left had. C) Had been leaving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 50. Is the sentence correct or incorrect? How long had you was on the train before you realised you were on the wrong one? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 51. John ..... a lot of money before he ..... 40 years old. A) Had earned-turned. B) Earned-had turned. C) Earned-turned. D) Earns-turns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had earned-turned. 52. What is the past perfect form of the verb in this sentence:'By the time we arrived, they ..... (to leave).' A) Have left. B) Had left. C) Left. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 53. Transform the sentence to past perfect:'They play soccer.' A) They had played soccer. B) They played soccer. C) They were playing soccer. D) They have played soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had played soccer. 54. Before I ate my dinner, I ..... my hands A) Will wash. B) Wash. C) Had washed. D) Washed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had washed. 55. Marcos and Louis have ..... the window with a stone. A) Broken. B) Break. C) Breaked. D) Broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broken. 56. I wish I ..... for the job in time. A) Applied. B) Had applied. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had applied. 57. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:She (attend) ..... the club meeting after she (pack) ..... her things. A) Had packed, attended. B) Attended, had packed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attended, had packed. 58. Martha ..... been in London when she was a child A) Will. B) Is. C) Has. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 59. What is the correct negative form of the sentence in the past perfect tense? A) "I hadn't went to the store yesterday.". B) "They hadn't finished their meal before the movie started.". C) "She hadn't studies for the test last week.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "They hadn't finished their meal before the movie started.". 60. Tim had done his homework before he ..... to bed. A) Went. B) Go. C) Had gone. D) Has gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. ← 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