This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:By the time I got to the party, my friends ..... all the pizza. A) Already ate. B) Had already eaten. C) Were already eating. D) Have already eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already eaten. 2. I ..... to that song before it became popular. A) Had listen. B) Had listened. C) Has listened. D) Has listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had listened. 3. She had ..... her Japanese relatives once in 1993 before she moved in with them in 1996. A) Visits. B) Visiting. C) Visit. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visited. 4. What is the best answer for the following question?Tommy, what's going on? What are you looking for? A) I lost the key that my mom had given to me. B) I went downstairs because I had heard a noise. C) I hadn't played tennis before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I lost the key that my mom had given to me. 5. She was excited because she ..... (plan) her trip to Italy. A) Had plan. B) Had been planning. C) Had planning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been planning. 6. Complete the sentence:We were happy because we ..... our final exams. A) Finish. B) Have finished. C) Finishes. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had finished. 7. The Past Participle Form for KNOW is? A) Knew. B) Known. C) Know. D) Knowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Known. 8. Which sentence has an error in its use of the past perfect tense? A) They had forgot the map and got lost. B) She had never flown on a plane before last year. C) We realized we had met each other once before. D) He had already left when I called. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had forgot the map and got lost. 9. Sheena (visit) Thailand after she (study) the Thai culture. A) Had visited, studied. B) Visited, had studied. C) Visited, studied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visited, had studied. 10. After they ..... (finish) their project, they decided to take a short vacation. A) A) finished. B) B) finishes. C) C) had finished. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) had finished. 11. By the end of last year, he ..... (save) enough money to buy a car. A) Had saved. B) Will save. C) Has saved. D) Saved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had saved. 12. After they ..... the crabs, they began to feel sick. A) Had ate. B) Had eaten. C) Ate. D) Has eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten. 13. They stopped working after the sun ..... (set). A) Sets. B) Has sets. C) Had set. D) Have set. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had set. 14. She told me she ..... (study) a lot before the exam. A) Had studyed. B) Had to studied. C) Had studieded. D) Had studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had studied. 15. When we went to Osaka, my friend ..... a lot about the city because she ..... there many times. A) Had known, was. B) Had been, knew. C) Knew, had been. D) Was, had known. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knew, had been. 16. When he ..... (get) home, he ..... (discover) that his little brother ..... (eat) all the chocolates. A) Got, discovered, had eaten. B) Had gotten, had discovered, had eaten. C) Had gotten, discovered, had eaten. D) Got, had discovered, had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got, discovered, had eaten. 17. Before she moved to the new city, she ..... (live) in the same town for 20 years. A) Had lived. B) Liven. C) Hsa lived. D) Had lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lived. 18. I ..... the art museum. A) Had visited. B) Am visiting. C) Have visited. D) Is visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had visited. 19. Choose the past perfect tense of the verb in this sentence:Before the bell rang, the students ..... their assignments. A) Had finished. B) Are finishing. C) Will finish. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 20. Sutisna ..... to give up smoking when his first child was born. A) Have promised. B) Promised. C) Promises. D) Has promised. E) Had promised. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had promised. 21. When the doctor arrived at last, the patient (already/ die). A) Dies. B) Had already died. C) Already died. D) Is dying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already died. 22. After she ..... (move) out, I ..... (find) her notes. A) Had moved-found. B) Moved-had found. C) Move-had found. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had moved-found. 23. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense to show an action that happened before another past action? A) They finish their tasks before the meeting. B) I am going to finish my homework before dinner. C) She has finished her work before leaving. D) He had eaten breakfast before he left for school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had eaten breakfast before he left for school. 24. The water for the coffe was not ready, because it ..... yet. A) Have boiled. B) Hadn't boil. C) Had boiled. D) Hadn't boiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't boiled. 25. Which question is formed correctly in the past perfect tense? A) You had seen that movie before?. B) Had you seen that movie before?. C) Have you had seen that movie before?. D) Did you had seen that movie before?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you seen that movie before?. 26. Select the sentence that is a correct question in the past perfect tense. A) Did you had read that book already?. B) You had read that book already?. C) Have you read that book already?. D) Had you read that book already?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had you read that book already?. 27. Complete the sentence:By the time the guests arrived, we ..... all the decorations. A) Puts up. B) Had put up. C) Putting up. D) Put up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had put up. 28. True or False:Words like 'already, ' 'never, ' and 'by the time' are often used with the past perfect tense to make the sequence of events clearer. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. I could not remember the poem we ..... the week before. A) Learn. B) Had learnt. C) Will learn. D) Are learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had learnt. 30. We ..... our dinner when the light turned off. A) Finish. B) Finished. C) Has finished. D) Had finished. E) Have finished. 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