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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Before the students ..... the test they ..... off their mobiles. (to start/to switch) A) Starts, switches. B) Started, switched. C) Started, had switched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started, had switched. 2. Complete the sentence:When I arrived at the cinema ..... A) The movie had started. B) The movie will start. C) The movie has started. D) The movie is starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The movie had started. 3. Complete the sentence:After she ..... her chores, she watched a movie. A) Finishes. B) Had finished. C) Was finishing. D) Has finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished. 4. Complete the sentence:Before the party started, we ..... the living room. A) Had decorated. B) Had decorate. C) Did decorate. D) Have decorated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had decorated. 5. Complete the sentence:She couldn't log into her account because she ..... her password. A) Had forgot. B) Has forgotten. C) Had forgotten. D) Did forget. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had forgotten. 6. Complete the sentence:She had left work when I ..... A) Arrive. B) Arrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived. 7. Complete the sentence:The team was disappointed because they ..... the championship game. A) Losing. B) Have lost. C) Lose. D) Had lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had lost. 8. We use past perfect simple to describe a past event which happens before another event in the past. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 9. I did not have any money because I ..... lost my wallet. A) Have. B) Had. C) Has. D) Was. E) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 10. The government ..... the shelter before the second flood ..... the whole village. A) Made-had hit. B) Made-hit. C) Had made-hitted. D) Had made-hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had made-hit. 11. True or False:To make the sequence of events clearer, the sentence 'I finished my drawing, then the bell rang' can be rewritten as 'I had finished my drawing when the bell rang.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. She ..... (just go) out when I ..... (call) at her house. A) Had just went, had called. B) Had just went, had called. C) Had just gone, called. D) Had just gone, had called. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had just gone, called. 13. Before we went to the concert, we ..... (buy) the tickets online. A) Were buying. B) Bought. C) Had bought. D) Have bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had bought. 14. By the time the teacher arrived, the students ..... their assignment. A) Completed. B) Completing. C) Complete. D) Had completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had completed. 15. My dad ..... to Rome before he took the whole family there. A) Had travel. B) Has travel. C) Has traveled. D) Had traveled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had traveled. 16. True or False:The sentence 'He had already left when I arrived' 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. 17. He ..... at a table by the window where he had a meal with Jane. A) Had sit. B) Had sat. C) Has sat. D) Has sit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had sat. 18. She felt better after she ..... some medicine. A) Had taking. B) Had take. C) Had took. D) Had taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had taken. 19. Event 1:My family ate dinner. Event 2:I got home. Which sentence best combines these events to show I missed dinner? A) When I got home, my family ate dinner. B) My family had eaten dinner when I had gotten home. C) By the time I got home, my family had already eaten dinner. D) My family ate dinner, and then I got home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By the time I got home, my family had already eaten dinner. 20. The man who ..... the money two weeks ago confessed last night. A) Steal. B) Had stolen. C) Has stolen. D) Have stolen. E) Stole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had stolen. 21. Read the events:1. The movie started. 2. We bought popcorn. Which sentence best shows that buying popcorn happened *first*? A) After we had bought popcorn, the movie started. B) When the movie started, we bought popcorn. C) The movie started when we had bought popcorn. D) After we bought popcorn, the movie had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After we had bought popcorn, the movie started. 22. My grandmother ..... away before I was seventheen. A) Had passed. B) Has passed. C) Passed. D) Pass. E) Has passed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had passed. 23. To make the past perfect tense, what two things do you need? A) The verb 'has' + the past participle of the main verb. B) The verb 'had' + the past participle of the main verb. C) The verb 'was' + the main verb with an-ing ending. D) The verb 'had' + the present tense form of the main verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The verb 'had' + the past participle of the main verb. 24. Complete the sentence following the grammar rule:My little sister was crying because she ..... her knee when she fell. A) Has hurted. B) Hurted. C) Had hurted. D) Had hurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had hurted. 25. The teacher wanted to know whether we ..... (to read) the book. A) Had read. B) Read. C) Have read. D) Did read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had read. 26. If a friend asks, 'Had you finished the game before I called?', what is the correct short answer if you were done? A) Yes, I had. B) Yes, I did. C) Yes, I was. D) Yes, I have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I had. 27. When we got to the station the train ..... A) Had leave. B) Has left. C) Have left. D) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had left. 28. Complete the sentence using the past perfect tense:After the kids ..... (to eat) their lunch, they went out to play. A) Had eaten. B) Eats. C) Ate. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten. 29. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct. 'I was happy because my friends had bring me a birthday cake.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. I had ..... my model kit before you knocked the door. A) Assembly. B) Assemblied. C) Assembled. D) Assemblies. 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