This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The baseball team ..... (play) well for the entire tournament. A) Had playing. B) Had play. C) Had played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had played. 2. The doctor ..... the patient thoroughly before he prescribed the medication. A) Examining. B) Had examined. C) Examine. D) Examines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had examined. 3. True or False:When describing two actions in the past, the past perfect tense is used for the action that happened more recently. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. After Fred ..... his holiday in Italy he wanted to learn Italian. A) Has spent. B) Is spending. C) Had spent. D) Spent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had spent. 5. After leaving my house, I suddenly ..... (remember) that I ..... (forget) to lock the front door. A) Remembered, forgot. B) Had remembered, forgot. C) Remembered, have forgotten. D) Remembered, had forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remembered, had forgotten. 6. Sara ..... (forget) her money. (Present Perfect Tense) A) Have forgot. B) Has forget. C) Has forgot. D) Has forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has forgotten. 7. Complete the sentence:By the time the firefighters arrived, the residents ..... the building. A) Already evacuated. B) Were already evacuating. C) Had already evacuated. D) Have already evacuated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already evacuated. 8. Last week I stressed out because I ..... the dress for my graduation ceremony yet. A) Hadn't bought. B) Had buy. C) Did'nt buy. D) Hadn't buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't bought. 9. Which sentence correctly explains why the team lost using the past perfect tense? A) The team lost because they hadn't practiced enough. B) The team lost because they didn't practice enough. C) The team lost because they haven't practiced enough. D) The team had lost because they didn't practice enough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The team lost because they hadn't practiced enough. 10. By the time the teacher entered the classroom, the students ..... their homework. A) Are completing. B) Completed. C) Had completed. D) Have completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had completed. 11. Complete the sentence with the verb that best fits the grammar rule:By the time I got to the bus stop, the bus ..... A) Already left. B) Was already leaving. C) Has already left. D) Had already left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had already left. 12. After her mother ..... , she ..... an introvert. A) Went-had become. B) Had gone-became. C) Was gone-became. D) Has gone-has become. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone-became. 13. He refused to tell us where he ..... the bag. A) Hid. B) Was hiding. C) Had hidden. D) Has hidden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had hidden. 14. The sun ..... before I was to go home. A) Was set. B) Had set. C) Set. D) Had been set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had set. 15. Complete the sentence:By the time I got to the cafe, my friends ..... all the good pastries. A) Have already eaten. B) Already ate. C) Had already eaten. D) Were already eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already eaten. 16. The movie ..... before we entered the theatre. A) Has played. B) Had played. C) Has played. D) Play. E) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had played. 17. We arrived late because our car ..... down. A) Broke. B) Was breaking. C) Had broken. D) Has broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had broken. 18. The police was too late. People had ..... the thief by the time they arrived. A) Fight. B) Fought. C) Caught. D) Catched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caught. 19. After the rain stopped, we realized the roof ..... A) Leak. B) Had leaked. C) Leaking. D) Leaked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had leaked. 20. Timmy ..... us the sign by the time the fireworks was launched. That's why we didn't get the camera ready. A) Has given. B) Had given. C) Had not given. D) Has not given. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not given. 21. Before the rain started, they ..... all the laundry from the line. A) Were bringing. B) Brought. C) Had brought. D) Have brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had brought. 22. The disputes ..... before the two parties started to dismiss the crowds A) Have been cleared. B) Has been cleared. C) Were cleared. D) Cleared. E) Had been cleared. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had been cleared. 23. It wasn't ..... I had met her that I welcomed her. A) After. B) When. C) Until. D) Hardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Until. 24. He ..... be at Dana's house. He told me that he wanted to talk to him. A) Must. B) Might. C) Could. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might. 25. TRANSLATE:ELLA HA CANTADO 10 CANCIONES A) She had sung 10 songs. B) She is singing 10 songs. C) She has sung 10 songs. D) She has sang 10 songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She has sung 10 songs. 26. The past perfect consists of two verbs:helping verb (had) and main verb (past participle). A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. If your friend asks, 'Had you finished your science project before class?', what is the correct short answer to say 'yes'? A) Yes, I had. B) Yes, I have. C) Yes, I did. D) Yes, I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I had. 28. After Fred ..... (spend) his holiday in Italy he ..... (want) to learn Italian. A) Spent-wanted. B) Had spent-wanted. C) Spent-had wanted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had spent-wanted. 29. The train ..... (already/leave) by the time we arrived at the station. A) A) already left. B) B) was already leaving. C) C) had already left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) had already left. 30. The girl was afraid. She ..... on a plane before. A) Had not flying. B) Had not fly. C) Had not flew. D) Had not flown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had not flown. 31. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense!He had ..... her before somewhere. A) Met. B) Meeted. C) Meeting. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met. 32. Complete the sentence:My brother admitted that he ..... the last piece of cake. A) Was eating. B) Had eaten. C) Eats. D) Had ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had eaten. 33. She (a) ..... (live) in China before she went to Thailand. A) Had lived. B) Had liven. C) Have liveded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lived. 34. She ..... just ..... (eat) her breakfast. A) Has, eaten. B) Have, ate. C) Has ate. D) Have, eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has, eaten. 35. Complete the sentence:After the rain ..... , we saw a rainbow in the sky. A) Stopped. B) Was stopping. C) Has stopped. D) Had stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had stopped. 36. You ..... done it. A) Isn't. B) Wasn't. C) Hasn't. D) Won't. E) Hadn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hadn't. 37. The Past Participle Form for FREEZE is? A) Frozen. B) Freezed. C) Frozed. D) Froze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frozen. 38. After she ..... (hear) the sad news, she ..... (begin) to cry. A) Heard, began. B) Heard, had begun. C) Had heard, had begun. D) Had heard, began. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had heard, began. 39. True or False:The following sentence is grammatically correct. 'She told me she had went to that concert last year.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 40. When I arrived at the station, the train ..... already left. A) Is. B) Had. C) Was. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 41. The rain ..... (stop) when I woke up. A) Has stopped. B) Have stopped. C) Stopped. D) Had stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stopped. 42. John did not get a chance to win the competition because he ..... one of the rules. A) Had not broken. B) Had break. C) Had broken. D) Had broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had broken. 43. The girl was crying as she ..... her way. A) Lost. B) Had lost. C) Was losing. D) Has lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had lost. 44. Pina (keep) on asking her mother about the utensils before she (find) them herself. A) Had kept, found. B) Kept, had found. C) Kept, found. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had kept, found. 45. Complete the sentence:By the time my mom arrived, I ..... the entire pizza. A) Have eaten. B) Did eat. C) Had eated. D) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had eaten. 46. It is important to learn past perfect tense as it functions in many ways but the two most common functions are during:i. a formal conversation (for fluent use)ii. for starters of Englishiii. for media uses (movies, music)iv. to seem intellectual (viewed by others as smart) A) I and ii. B) I and iii. C) Ii and iv. D) Ii and iii. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I and ii. 47. The sentence 'She had just left when you called' 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. 48. She said that she ..... (not/visit) the UK before. A) Had not visited. B) Hadn't visit. C) Hadn't visited. D) Had visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't visited. 49. Which happened first? A) Leaving. B) Cooking dinner. C) "They had eaten dinner before I arrived.". D) Eating dinner. E) Arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eating dinner. 50. I didn't recognize my old classmate because he ..... so much. (Past Perfect Tense) A) Did change. B) Had changed. C) Hadn't changed. D) Wasn't changed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had changed. 51. Imagine this happened:First, you studied for your history test. Second, you took the test and felt confident. Which sentence best tells this story using the past perfect tense? A) I felt confident during the test because I studied for it. B) I had felt confident during the test because I had studied for it. C) I had felt confident during the test because I studied for it. D) I felt confident during the test because I had studied hard for it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I felt confident during the test because I had studied hard for it. 52. I ..... classical music at first, but it is beginning to grow on me. A) Have hated. B) Hate. C) Hated. D) Had hated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hated. 53. Had you ..... the news before you came here? A) Saw. B) See. C) Sees. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seen. 54. He ..... out with a girl before. He was very nervous on his first date. A) Had never gone. B) Never had gone. C) Had never went. D) Had gone never. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never gone. 55. Change the verb into past perfect tense.I ..... ( practice ) the songs before the program started. A) Are practiced. B) Had practiced. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had practiced. 56. Which sentence correctly combines these two ideas? First, Maria finished her homework. Then, she called her friend. A) When Maria had finished her homework, she had called her friend. B) Maria called her friend when she finished her homework. C) After Maria had finished her homework, she called her friend. D) Maria had called her friend after she finished her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After Maria had finished her homework, she called her friend. 57. True or False:The sentence 'I had never seen the ocean until I visited California.' uses the past perfect tense to express an experience up to a certain point in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. If Amel ..... me, I would have gone to the party. A) Had invited. B) Invited. C) Has invited. D) Had invite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had invited. 59. When Amp ..... at school, she realized she ..... her textbook. A) Had arrived, forgot. B) Had forgotten, arrived. C) Arrived, had forgotten. D) Forgot, had arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived, had forgotten. 60. "The butterfly had flew when I tried to catch it", which part of the sentence is incorrect? A) Had. B) When. C) Flew. D) Tried. 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