This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense!After they had ..... the shellfish, they began to feel sick. A) Eats. B) Eaten. C) Eated. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eaten. 2. The train had left. The question form of this sentence is ..... A) Had the train leave?. B) Had the train left?. C) Have the train had left?. D) Had the train had left?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had the train left?. 3. Sheyla ..... the books until you reminded her. A) Hadn't pay. B) Hasn't pay. C) Hadn't paid. D) Hasn't paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't paid. 4. Select the sentence that is written in the past perfect tense. A) My friends will come over tomorrow. B) My friends had come over before I got home. C) My friends are coming over later. D) My friends came over yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friends had come over before I got home. 5. Before you came, I ..... to make a dessert. A) Have plan. B) Have planned. C) Has a plan. D) Had been planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been planning. 6. ..... , they had gone out A) When John was arrived. B) When John arrived. C) When John arrives. D) Because John arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When John arrived. 7. I decided to water the tree after ..... it. A) Planted. B) Planting. C) Had planted. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planting. 8. ..... breakfast when you got up? A) Did James already cook. B) Had James already cooked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had James already cooked. 9. The robber ..... with the loot when the police arrived. A) Escaped. B) Had been escaping. C) Has escaped. D) Had escaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had escaped. 10. Yesterday, everybody complained about the homework because we ..... never ..... something like that before. A) Hadn't done. B) Had, done. C) Have, do. D) Had, do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had, done. 11. The grass was yellow because it ..... (not/rain) all summer. A) Hadn't rained. B) Hadn't raining. C) Hadn't raineded. D) Hadn't rainyed. E) Had to rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't rained. 12. By the time we ..... there, he ..... A) Got/had left. B) Had got/left. C) Got/left. D) Had got/had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got/had left. 13. Which word best completes the sentence using the past perfect tense? By the time she got to the party, everyone ..... already. A) Is leaving. B) Had left. C) Will leave. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 14. Hardly ..... started our journey when the car got a flat Tyre. A) Have we. B) Had we. C) We had. D) Do we. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had we. 15. Cindy told them yesterday that she ..... Tokyo in 2021. A) Have visited. B) Are visiting. C) Were Visited. D) Had visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had visited. 16. Complete the sentence:We couldn't get into the concert because we ..... our tickets at home. A) Left. B) Were leaving. C) Have left. D) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had left. 17. 1-After I had ..... my homework, I watched T.V. A) Did. B) Do. C) Done. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Done. 18. Read the situation:'The kitchen was a huge mess.' Which sentence best uses the past perfect tense to explain the reason for the mess? A) My little brother was trying to make a cake. B) My little brother tried to make a cake. C) My little brother had tried to make a cake. D) My little brother has tried to make a cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My little brother had tried to make a cake. 19. We waited until the match ..... A) Has end. B) Has ended. C) Had ended. D) Had end. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had ended. 20. My teacher has been teaching all day. She ..... be tired by now. A) Might. B) Can't. C) Must. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 21. She was upset because her friend ..... (not call) her back as promised. A) A) didn't call. B) B) hadn't called. C) C) wasn't calling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) hadn't called. 22. ..... you ..... (feed) the dog yet? A) Has, fed. B) Has, feed. C) Have, fed. D) Have, feeded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have, fed. 23. Berikut ini merupakan rumus dari simple past. A) S + was/were + v1 + ing+ o + adv. B) S + had+ v3 + o + adv. C) S + v2 + o + adv. D) S + had+ been + v1 + ing + o + adv. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S + v2 + o + adv. 24. I ..... (already, eat) my dinner when he called. A) Has already eaten. B) Had already eaten. C) Have already eaten. D) Was already eaten. E) Will already eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already eaten. 25. When I closed the door, I realised that I ..... my keys inside. A) Had left. B) Left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 26. When he finally stopped talking, we all ..... that more than an hour ..... A) Have realized-passed. B) Had realized-passed. C) Realized-passed. D) Realized-had passed. E) Realized-have passed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Realized-had passed. 27. Complete the sentence with the best option. I couldn't find my keys because I ..... them in my other jacket. A) Had leaved. B) Did leave. C) Have left. D) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had left. 28. They had ..... it. A) Eaten. B) Eat. C) Was eating. D) Is eating. E) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eaten. 29. The storm damaged the bridge but the man had crossed it.Which of the following is correct? A) The man crossed the bridge before the storm damaged it. B) The man did not cross the bridge. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The man crossed the bridge before the storm damaged it. 30. When Yuka ..... washing the dishes, she ..... the TV on. A) Turned, had finished. B) Had turned, finished. C) Had finished, turned. D) Finished, had turned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished, turned. 31. Find the sentence that has a mistake in its past perfect form. A) My brother had forgot his lunch at home again. B) We had never seen such a cool magic trick. C) They had already started the movie when we arrived. D) She realized she had been there once before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother had forgot his lunch at home again. 32. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we ..... (build). A) Have build. B) Had build. C) Had built. D) Have built. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had built. 33. ..... Sarah ..... (beg) her dad ..... ? A) Has, beged, yet. B) Have, beged, yet. C) Have, begged, yet. D) Has, begged, yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has, begged, yet. 34. ..... a great breakfast before she went to school? A) Had she had. B) Had had she. C) She had had. D) Had been she. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had she had. 35. Which sentence is an example of the past perfect tense? A) We watched a movie last night. B) I have read that book twice. C) They had already left for the game. D) She is going to the library later. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had already left for the game. 36. With forgot, remembered, realized and knew, we use past perfect tense A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. When he (arrive) at the station, he found that the train had left. A) Had arrived. B) Arrives. C) Has arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had arrived. 38. Which word completes the sentence?We ..... been out long when it started to rain. A) Had. B) Hadn't. C) Didn't. D) Weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't. 39. The film ..... by the time we ..... to the cinema. A) Had started/had got. B) Had started/got. C) Started/had got. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had started/got. 40. Rearrange this sentence using past perfect tense:played games/ had/ before/ they/ the children/ done their homework/. A) Their homework done the children before they had played games. B) The children homework had done before they played their games. C) The children had done their homework before they played games. D) Their homework had done the children before they played games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The children had done their homework before they played games. 41. They ..... (put) out the fire when they reached the airport. A) Put. B) Has put. C) Had put. D) Have put. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had put. 42. Before we ..... (move) to New York we ..... (live) in Chicago. A) Moved/lived. B) Moved/had lived. C) Had moved/had lived. D) Had moved/ lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moved/had lived. 43. The form of the Past perfect continous is ..... A) S+HAVE+BEEN+VING. B) S+VING+HAD+BEEN. C) S+BEEN+VING. D) S+HAD+BEEN+VING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) S+HAD+BEEN+VING. 44. Which sentence has a similar meaning?Someone stole my phone. Then I found my bag and the phone was not there. A) When I found my bag, I had noticed that someone had stolen my phone. B) When I found my bag, I had noticed that someone stole my phone. C) When I found my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I found my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. 45. He had ..... to the hospital to visit his friend A) Goes. B) Gone. C) Go. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gone. 46. Before Alin went to sleep, he had ..... his family. A) Is calling. B) Calling. C) Called. D) Had called. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called. 47. We invited some friends over but they couldn't come because they ..... already ..... other plans. A) Had, make. B) Hadn't, made. C) Had, made. D) Have, made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had, made. 48. Which two words are the basic building blocks for making the past perfect tense? A) Was + verb. B) Had + past participle. C) Will + verb. D) Have + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + past participle. 49. Before Aunt May (move) to Masbate, she (learn) to speak Cebuano. A) Had moved, learned. B) Moved, had learned. C) Moved, learned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moved, had learned. 50. Choose the sentence that best shows which action happened first. A) When the bell rang, the students had already packed their bags. B) When the bell had rung, the students packed their bags. C) The students packed their bags, and then the bell had rung. D) The students had packed their bags when the bell had rung. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the bell rang, the students had already packed their bags. 51. ..... Eric had made breakfast, he called his friend. A) After. B) Before. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 52. The whole crop ..... before the monsoon rains came. A) Had harvested. B) Had been harvested. C) Harvested. D) Has been harvested. E) Has harvested. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been harvested. 53. True or False:Words like 'already, ' 'before, ' and 'by the time' are often used with the past perfect tense to make the order of events clear. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. Which sentence shows the correct way to form the past perfect tense? A) I had ate the pizza. B) She had finished her homework. C) We did go to the park. D) They has seen that movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had finished her homework. 55. Identify the past perfect tense in this sentence:After she had finished her homework, she went to bed. A) To bed. B) Finished. C) Had finished. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 56. I had ..... my homework before eight. A) Does. B) Done. C) Did. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Done. 57. When I ..... (do) my homework, I went to sleep. A) Had does. B) Had done. C) Had do. D) Had did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done. 58. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense to show a cause? A) The ground was wet because it had rained all night. B) The ground was wet because it has rained all night. C) The ground was wet because it rained all night. D) The ground was wet because it had rain all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ground was wet because it had rained all night. 59. Unscramble the following sentence:breakfast / before / had / came / here / you / had / here /? A) Had you had breakfast before you came here?. B) Before you came here did you have breakfast?. C) Had you breakfast before you had came here?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you had breakfast before you came here?. 60. Choose the best verb form for the blank. After I ..... the whole book, I watched the movie version. A) Read. B) Was reading. C) Have read. D) Had read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had read. ← 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 7Past Perfect Tense Quiz 8Past Perfect Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books