This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the Blank with the past verb that is in parenthesis:We ..... (practice) math before I started school. A) Had practice. B) Had practiced. C) Had practicing. D) Had played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had practiced. 2. Nisa told us yesterday that she ..... England in 2000. A) Was visited. B) Had visited. C) Had visiting. D) Is visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had visited. 3. After Sofie (finish) taking a bath, she (go) to lunch. A) Finished, went. B) Had finished, went. C) Finished, had went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, went. 4. I ..... my exercises by the time Alan ..... A) Was doing/came. B) Was doing/had come. C) Did/had come. D) Had done/came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had done/came. 5. Bill and Jane were very tired because they ..... on stage for hours A) Were dancing. B) Have danced. C) Had been dancing. D) Dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been dancing. 6. Fill in the blank to show which action happened first:After the team ..... for weeks, they finally won the championship game. A) Practiced. B) Was practicing. C) Practices. D) Had practiced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had practiced. 7. The calculator is not working. Someone ..... (break) the calculator. A) Broke. B) Has broken. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has broken. 8. The quality was better than I ..... A) Was expect. B) Expect. C) Expected. D) Had expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had expected. 9. Change the verb into past perfect tense.Shalini ..... ( expect ) to make it to the top this time. A) Had expected. B) Is expect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had expected. 10. I ..... watched two seasons of this T.V. show A) Had not. B) Haden't. C) Has. D) Has not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not. 11. Here are two events:1. The rain started. 2. We got inside. Which sentence best combines these to show that the rain started first? A) We had gotten inside when the rain started. B) We got inside when the rain had started. C) We got inside, and then the rain started. D) We had gotten inside, so the rain started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We got inside when the rain had started. 12. The plants were not blossoming because it ..... until yesterday. A) Had rained. B) Have rained. C) Haven't rained. D) Hadn't rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't rained. 13. Choose the correct past perfect verb form:By the time the sun set, they ..... the picnic. A) Finishing. B) Had finished. C) Finished. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished. 14. Have you ever ..... to China? A) Gone. B) Been. C) Went. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Been. 15. Before I boarded the bus, I realised that I ..... my wallet. A) Had forgotten. B) Was forgetting. C) Has forgotten. D) Forgot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had forgotten. 16. Damia ..... finished her work yesterday. A) Has not. B) Have not. C) Had not. D) Had no. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not. 17. When we ..... (get) there, the show ..... (already begin). A) Had got, had already begun. B) Had got, had already began. C) Got, had already began. D) Got, had already begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got, had already begun. 18. When we were in elementary school, we ..... (not/learn) past perfect tense before we got English course. A) Have learnt. B) Have not been learnt. C) Had not learnt. D) Were learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not learnt. 19. Last week Jess finished studying Chapter 1. This week she's studying Chapter 2. She ..... Chapter 1 when he started Chapter 2. A) Had already studied. B) Would have studied. C) Has already studied. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already studied. 20. Which word is key to using when writing the past perfect tense? A) Will. B) Was. C) Had. D) Has. E) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 21. By the time we got to the theatre, the play (already, start) ..... A) Had already started. B) Had already been starting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already started. 22. Who told you about that? It ..... be me. I didn't know about that story. A) Couldn't. B) Must. C) Can't. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can't. 23. Steve told us, Mary ..... (not buy) that car the month before. A) Hadn't bought. B) Bought. C) Hasn't bought. D) Haven't bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't bought. 24. Change the verb into past perfect tense.My mother said that you ..... ( call ) me up earlier too. A) Have call. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had called. 25. True or False:The past perfect tense is used to talk about an action that happened *before* another action in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Just before I left the country, I ..... (send) a cable to him. A) Had send. B) Have send. C) Has send. D) Had sent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had sent. 27. Translate:Mi perro habia participado por tercera vez A) My dog has participated for third time. B) My dog had been participating for third time. C) My dog had participated for third time. D) My dog have participated for third time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My dog had participated for third time. 28. Before she moved to Paris, she ..... in London for ten years. A) Lived. B) Had lived. C) Lives. D) Was living. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had lived. 29. The children had got up when their father arrived.Which of the following is correct? A) The children were up before their father arrived. B) The children got up after their father arrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The children were up before their father arrived. 30. I could not remember the poem we ..... the week before. (Past Perfect Tense) A) Are learning. B) Had learnt. C) Will learn. D) Learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had learnt. 31. Fill in the Blank with the past verb that is in parenthesis:My friends ..... (watch) the movie before I arrived. A) Had watched. B) Had watching. C) Had watch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had watched. 32. True or False:The sentence 'By the time the show began, we had already found our seats.' 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. 33. Complete the sentence:My phone died because I ..... it the night before. A) Didn't charged. B) Hadn't charged. C) Haven't charged. D) Hadn't charge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't charged. 34. My kids had gone home when I ..... to school. A) Had got. B) Got. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got. 35. Choose the sentence that uses the past perfect tense correctly. A) He has finished his project last night. B) We will have completed the task before noon. C) They had finished their homework before dinner. D) She had went to the store before it closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had finished their homework before dinner. 36. True or False:The sentence 'I had visited the museum before it closed' uses the past perfect tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. They ..... (not/eat) so we went to a restaurant. A) Hadn't eaten. B) Had not eaten. C) Had eaten. D) Hadn't ate. E) Hadn't eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't eaten. 38. II. Had Syakir promised to treat his groupmates Starbucks? A) Had + subject + not + past participle. B) Had + past participle + subject. C) Had + not + past participle + subject. D) Had + subject + past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had + subject + past participle. 39. Jane didn't arrive until after John ..... A) Had lived. B) Had left. C) Has left. D) Has lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 40. ..... you ..... (prepare) your health standard before facing this new normal era? A) Had-prepared. B) Do-prepare. C) Did you prepare. D) Are-prepare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-prepared. 41. In the sentence 'I had seen the movie before you recommended it, ' the past perfect verb is 'had seen'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. ..... Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand? A) Is. B) Have. C) Has. D) Had. E) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 43. Fill in the Blank with the past verb that is in parenthesis:Our art teacher ..... (paint) a beautiful landscape before the rain started. A) Had painted. B) Had painting. C) Had paint. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had painted. 44. He had ..... English before he flight to London. A) Learned. B) Learnt. C) Learn. D) To learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learned. 45. The war between the two countries ..... to an end. It continues every day A) Not coming. B) Had not come. C) Did not come. D) Has not come. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has not come. 46. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense!She had ..... in China before she went to Thailand. A) Living. B) Lived. C) Live. D) Lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 47. True or False:The past perfect tense is always formed using 'have' or 'has' plus a past participle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 48. Complete the sentence:When I checked my phone, I realized I ..... your text. A) Had missed. B) Missed. C) Missing. D) Miss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had missed. 49. True or False:To ask a question in the past perfect tense, you can start the sentence with 'Had she ..... ?' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. I ..... very tired because I had studied too much. A) Have. B) Had. C) Was. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 51. Peter (witness) an accident before he (arrive). A) Had witnessed, arrived. B) Witnessed, had arrived. C) Witnessed, arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had witnessed, arrived. 52. The Wright Brothers ..... an aeroplane before others invented the modern one. A) Created. B) Has created. C) Have created. D) Create. E) Had created. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had created. 53. Complete the sentence to show why Maria was tired. Maria was tired yesterday because she ..... well the night before. A) Hadn't slept. B) Didn't sleep. C) Hasn't slept. D) Wasn't sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't slept. 54. Which is the Yes/No question structure of the Past Perfect Tense? A) Will she finish her homework before the party?. B) Did she finish her homework before the party?. C) Has she finished her homework before the party?. D) Had she finished her homework before the party?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had she finished her homework before the party?. 55. I ..... (walk) two miles by lunchtime. A) Had walked. B) Walked. C) Have walked. D) Have been walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had walked. 56. Which sentence is the correct negative form? My dad ..... about the surprise party. A) Had not knew. B) Not had known. C) Hadn't known. D) Didn't knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't known. 57. We had the French exam this morning. It ..... as hard as I'd expected, though. A) Hadn't been. B) Wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 58. Dad had ..... me a present when I got the first rank. A) Give. B) Gives. C) Gave. D) Given. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Given. 59. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect to explain why Maria was happy? A) Maria was happy because she gets a new puppy. B) Maria was happy because she had gotten a new puppy the day before. C) Maria had been happy because she got a new puppy. D) Maria was happy because she has gotten a new puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maria was happy because she had gotten a new puppy the day before. 60. I ..... (not eat) breakfast because I had overslept. A) Didn't eat. B) Wasn't eating. C) Hadn't eaten. D) Don't eat. 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