This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The fire ..... the top of the roof as soon as the firemen ..... A) Have reached-arrived. B) Reached-had arrived. C) Had reached-arrived. D) Reached-have arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had reached-arrived. 2. The sentence 'They had left before the meeting started' is in past perfect tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Identify the present perfect tense in the following sentence:We have seen that movie before. A) We had seen that movie before. B) We seen that movie before. C) We have seeing that movie before. D) We have seen that movie before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We have seen that movie before. 4. They ..... each other for a year before they got married. A) Had known. B) Had been knowing. C) Know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had known. 5. What is the past perfect form of 'to eat'? A) Had eaten. B) Had ate. C) Ate. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten. 6. What's the past participle of BEGIN? A) Began. B) Begun. C) Beggined. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Begun. 7. Correct the error:'I had saw the movie before.' A) I had seen the movie before. B) I have seen the movie before. C) I seen the movie before. D) I had saw the film before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had seen the movie before. 8. What is the correct translation of the sentence "He had never traveled abroad until last year" ? A) He never travels abroad until last year. B) He had never traveled abroad until last year. C) He never traveled abroad until last year. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had never traveled abroad until last year. 9. Complete the sentence:By the time we arrived, the concert ..... already started. A) Had. B) Has. C) Having. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 10. In the sentence 'They had already packed before the taxi arrived', the past perfect tense shows sequence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Complete the sentence with the correct past perfect form:After they ..... the park, they realized they forgot their lunch. A) Leave. B) Has left. C) Had left. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 12. Is the sentence correct or incorrect? My children somehow found all the Christmas presents which I had hid in the attic A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 13. Past Simple or Past Perfect?The teacher (correct) the tests that the pupiles (write). A) Corrected + wrote. B) Had correct + wrote. C) Corrected + had written. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corrected + had written. 14. Past participle of "to visit" ? A) Besucht. B) Gebucht. C) Besuchen. D) Besuchet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Besucht. 15. The doctor took off the plaster the he ..... six weeks before. A) Has putting. B) Has put. C) Had put. D) Had been putting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had put. 16. Past Simple or Past Perfect?My friend (to be) in the hospital because he (slip) on a banana skin. A) Were + sliped. B) Was + had slipped. C) Had been + slipped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was + had slipped. 17. Is the sentence correct or incorrect? He was such a smart child that by the time he was fourteen, he had graduating from Oxford University. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 18. Is the sentence correct or incorrect? How many times had you thought about quitting your job before you actually did it? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 19. When is the past perfect tense used? A) When the action was completed before another action in the past. B) When it indicates an action that happened in the past. C) When the verb is a form of "be.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the action was completed before another action in the past. 20. We should have had a really good holiday for what we paid, but unfortunately we discovered that they didn't organise/hadn't organised anything very much so it was rather a disappointment. A) Didn't organise. B) Hadn't organised. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't organised. 21. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:Jamie (take) ..... her make up test because she (be) ..... absent last week. A) Took, had been. B) Had been, took. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took, had been. 22. What is the correct translation of the sentence "She had studied English before she moved to the United States" ? A) She studies English before moving to the United States. B) She was studying English before moving to the United States. C) She had studied English before moving to the United States. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had studied English before moving to the United States. 23. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:Mrs. Garcia (leave) ..... before you arrived. A) Left. B) Had left. C) Has left. D) Have left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 24. True or False:In the sentence 'They had finish their homework before dinner, ' the past perfect tense is used correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Use the past perfect in context:'After she ..... (study), she felt prepared for the exam.' A) Studied. B) Has studied. C) Had studied. D) Had study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had studied. 26. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:We (be) ..... late for the plane because we (forget) ..... our tickets. A) Were, had forgotten. B) Had forgotten, were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, had forgotten. 27. Correct the error:'I had did my homework before dinner.' A) I had do my homework before dinner. B) I have done my homework before dinner. C) I had did my homework after dinner. D) I had done my homework before dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I had done my homework before dinner. 28. He ..... (work) as a chef for five years before opening his own restaurant. A) Had worked. B) Working. C) Work. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had worked. 29. Choose the correct form to complete the past perfect sentence:Before she moved to Chicago, she ..... in New York for five years. A) Has lived. B) Lived. C) Had lived. D) Was living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had lived. 30. Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence. Once they ..... (complete) the project, they celebrated. A) Completing. B) Completes. C) Had completed. D) Completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had completed. 31. Betty's plants died because she ..... them. A) Waters. B) Has watered. C) Don't water. D) Hadn't watered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't watered. 32. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:The storm (destroy) ..... the sandcastle that we (build) ..... A) Destroyed, had built. B) Had built, destroyed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Destroyed, had built. 33. Long ago, they (build) ..... most houses out of wood. A) Building. B) Built. C) Had built. D) Have built. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Built. 34. Complete the sentence:We were late because we ..... the wrong bus. A) Had caught. B) Catches. C) Caught. D) Catch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had caught. 35. Correct the error:'She had went to the store yesterday.' A) She had went to the store last week. B) She has gone to the store yesterday. C) She goes to the store yesterday. D) She had gone to the store yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had gone to the store yesterday. 36. Los verbos en el Presente y Pasado Perfecto deben escribirse en: A) Participio pasado. B) Pasado simple. C) Gerundio. D) Infinitivo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participio pasado. 37. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past perfect tense: A) He had went to the store before it closed. B) He gone to the store before it closed. C) He had gone to the store before it closed. D) He goes to the store before it closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had gone to the store before it closed. 38. Miss Raline ..... in Berlin since she was 4 years old A) Has been lived. B) Lived. C) Has lived. D) Have been lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has lived. 39. Identify the past perfect tense in the following sentence:She had already left when I arrived. A) Was already leaving. B) Has already left. C) Leaving already. D) Had already left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already left. 40. Today is 15th September and tomorrow is my brother's birthday. Her name is Rio. I want to give him a surprise. I has talked to some of his friends. They have help me to prepare a surprising party. We have discuss it since August.How many mistakes that you can found from the text above? ( based on Present Perfect Tense)! A) 4. B) 5. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 41. What is the past participle of draw? A) Draws. B) Drew. C) Drawn. D) Drewn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drawn. 42. Una de estas oraciones es incorrecta: A) They had seen a train last week. B) Dina hasn't bought sugar for the coffee. C) Lucas have been to Taiwan twice. D) She had sung with her friends yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucas have been to Taiwan twice. 43. After she ..... (finishes) her work, she went to lunch A) Finished. B) Was finishing. C) Has been finishing. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had finished. 44. What is the Past Participle of "Dig" A) Dug. B) Dig. C) Dugged. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dug. 45. Susan ..... (to turn on) the radio after she ..... (to wash) the dishes. A) Turned on, washed. B) Had turned on, had washed. C) Had turned on, washed. D) Turned on, had washed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turned on, had washed. 46. We ..... already ..... (leave) the house this morning A) Had, left. B) Has, left. C) Have, left. D) Have, leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had, left. 47. What is the Past Participle of "Burst" A) Bursting. B) Bursted. C) Burst. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burst. 48. In the sentence 'By the time I called, he had already left', 'had left' is in the past perfect tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Complete the sentence:When the game started, the players ..... already ..... their warm-up. A) Had, complete. B) Completes, completing. C) Have, completed. D) Had, completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had, completed. 50. Past Participle of "leave" A) Leave. B) Live. C) Left. D) Leaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left. 51. Identify the past perfect tense in the sentence:'We had already left when the rain started.' A) Had left already. B) The rain had started. C) We had left when. D) Had already left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already left. 52. We arrived at the cinema late. The film ..... A) Have already began. B) Had already begun. C) Had already began. D) Has already begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already begun. 53. ..... you ..... for the English exam? A) Do / study. B) Has / studied. C) Had / studied. D) Did / study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had / studied. 54. Identify the past perfect tense verb phrase.Before 10, 000 B.C. people had developed bread making. A) Had developed. B) Developed bread making. C) Bread making. D) Before 10, 000 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had developed. 55. True or False:The structure of the past perfect tense is 'had' + past participle. A) Had + present participle. B) True. C) Was + past participle. D) Have + past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 56. What is the past participle form of wear? A) Woren. B) Worn. C) Wore. D) Wornt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worn. 57. The sentence 'He had completed his assignment before the deadline' 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. 58. What is the past participle form of lie? A) Lain. B) Lay. C) Laid. D) Layed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lain. 59. After I ..... my homework I watched the TV. A) Have done. B) Done. C) Had done. D) Had did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had done. 60. Past participle of "to work" ? A) Gearbeitet. B) Arbeitet. C) Gearbeit. D) Gearbietet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gearbeitet. ← 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