This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Here are two events:1. I saved enough money. 2. I bought the new video game. Which sentence best combines these to show that saving money happened first? A) I bought the new video game when I had saved enough money. B) After I had saved enough money, I bought the new video game. C) After I saved enough money, I had bought the new video game. D) I had bought the new video game, and then I saved enough money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After I had saved enough money, I bought the new video game. 2. The children (a) (not/do) their homework, so they were in trouble. A) Had not done. B) Hadnt done. C) Hadn't did. D) Hadn't done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't done. 3. True or False:In the sentence, 'The team celebrated after they had won the championship, ' the celebration happened before the win. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Jacob ..... already ..... (write) down their names. A) Has, written. B) Have, write. C) Has, wrote. D) Has, wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has, written. 5. I was disappointed because I ..... (fail) the test. A) Have failed. B) Had failed. C) Was failing. D) Failed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had failed. 6. He had to go to work by bus because his car ..... down. A) Had broke. B) Had broken. C) Has break. D) Has broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had broken. 7. After the man ..... home, he ..... the cat. A) Had come / fed. B) Came / had fed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had come / fed. 8. Dad explained ..... his job due to stress. A) Why he quitted. B) That he had quit. C) That he'd quite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That he had quit. 9. PAST PERFECT TENSE TELLS US SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE PAST ..... ANOTHER THING HAPPENED A) AFTER. B) FOR. C) BEFORE. D) SINCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BEFORE. 10. When Anna won the Grand Siam in 2001, she ..... tennis for only six years. A) Played. B) Was playing. C) Had been playing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been playing. 11. Maria felt terrible during the interview because she ..... from flu since the previous day. A) Had been suffering. B) Suffered. C) Had suffered. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been suffering. 12. Susan was late. By the time she got to school, the class ..... already. A) Starts. B) Had started. C) Was starting. D) Have started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had started. 13. I ..... anything since this morning. A) Have not eat. B) Has not eaten. C) Had not eaten. D) Had not eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not eaten. 14. The cat hid under the chair because the children ..... so loud. (to be) A) Has been. B) Had been. C) Have been. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 15. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense! She had ..... in China before she went to Thailand. A) Lives. B) Living. C) Live. D) Lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lived. 16. You ..... not left yet. A) Would. B) 'd. C) Would had. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'd. 17. By the time I ..... (return) home, he had already left. A) Return. B) Had returned. C) Returned. D) Have returned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Returned. 18. After Max ..... his breakfast, he left the flat. (to finish) A) Had finished. B) Had finishes. C) Have finished. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 19. ..... you ..... the mail before you sent it? A) Did-check. B) Hadn't-checked. C) Didn't-check. D) Had-checked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had-checked. 20. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense! The garden was dead because it had ..... dry all summer. A) Was. B) Are. C) Is. D) Been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Been. 21. Which of the following sentences uses the past perfect tense correctly?a) I have finished my homework.b) She had went to the store.c) They will go to the party.d) He is playing football. A) He is playing football. B) She had went to the store. C) They will go to the party. D) I have finished my homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had went to the store. 22. They said that he ..... for a meeting. A) Had gone. B) Will have gone. C) Went. D) Has gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone. 23. The kids had ..... before their parents arrived. A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Eaten. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eaten. 24. Jill ..... Dad at work before she ..... for her trip. A) Had phoned / left. B) Phoned / had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had phoned / left. 25. I ..... (not see) them before they joined my party. A) Did not see. B) Had not seen. C) Have not seen. D) Had not saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not seen. 26. When you finally ..... (arrive), I ..... (wait) for you all day. A) Had arrived, waited. B) Are arriving, waited. C) Arrived, had waited. D) Arrived, am waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived, had waited. 27. This time, in the affirmative, is formed like this: A) Subject + Auxiliary (to have (past simple)) + Verb (past participle). B) Sujeto + Auxiliar (to have (past perfect)) + Verbo (past participle). C) Subject + Auxiliary (to have (present simple)) + Verb (past participle). D) Neither option is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject + Auxiliary (to have (past simple)) + Verb (past participle). 28. VINCE KISSED HER BOYFRIEND AFTER HE ..... (GIVE) HER A BEAUTIFUL GIFT. A) GIVES. B) HAD GIVEN. C) HAS GIVEN. D) GAVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD GIVEN. 29. We use the Past perfect tense to express that one action happened ..... another action in the past. A) Before. B) After. C) During. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 30. I ..... (not have) breakfast when he arrived. A) Had had. B) Had not had. C) Haven't had. D) Not had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not had. ← 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