This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Perfect – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mary had given me Tony's address before she ..... A) Had left. B) Left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 2. What's the superpower of Mighty Eagle? A) Swim. B) Eat. C) Run. D) Fly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fly. 3. When I arrived at school, the lesson ..... A) Had already start. B) Had started already. C) Had already started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already started. 4. I had ..... Ania for two years before she became my girlfriend. A) Knew. B) Know. C) Known. D) Knowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Known. 5. They ..... a shower after they had finished the game. A) Had taken. B) Took. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 6. He (go) to school late because he (have) some trouble with his stomach. A) Went, had had. B) Had gone, had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went, had had. 7. What is the name of the bird who leads the flock? A) Blue. B) Red. C) Jim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 8. I [clean / just] ..... my house so I can show them around. Now everything is perfect. A) Have just cleaned. B) Just cleaned. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have just cleaned. 9. Lorena had left the house before I ..... (CALL). A) Called. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 10. Which course is Red attending? A) Bird's Languages Course. B) Driving Course. C) Advanced Yoga. D) Anger Management course. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anger Management course. 11. I knew nothing about the movie because nobody ..... me about it. A) Told. B) Had told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had told. 12. He ..... (NEVER GO) out with a girl before so he was very nervous on his first date. A) Never went. B) Had never gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never gone. 13. What is the name of the largest red bird? A) Tomas. B) Travis. C) Terence. D) Billy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terence. 14. When she arrived, we ..... dinner. A) Already finished. B) Had already finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already finished. 15. Our exam results ..... (be) much better than we ..... (expect). A) Our exam results had been much better than we had expected. B) Our exam results were much better than we had expected. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our exam results were much better than we had expected. 16. When I ..... (arrive) it was clear she ..... (work). There were papers all over the floor and books everywhere. A) Arrived/had been working. B) Had been arrived / worked. C) Have arrived/ working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived/had been working. 17. How long ..... in the city before you moved to the countryside? A) Did you live. B) Had you lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you lived. 18. Why are the birds so angry? A) Humans keep disrupting their habitat. B) The pigs keep stealing their eggs. C) Global warming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The pigs keep stealing their eggs. 19. I can't stand that they ..... his own birthday A) Forgotten. B) Forgot. C) Forgetting. D) Olvido. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgot. 20. We ..... (not call) our parents to share the news, so they had no idea about the incident. A) Have not called. B) Had not called. C) Didn't call. D) Had not calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't call. 21. They ..... Thai food last night. A) Have eating. B) Eaten. C) Ate. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ate. 22. We ..... (thank) the couple for everything they ..... (do) to help save our daughter. A) We had thanked the couple for everything they had done to help save our daughter. B) We thanked the couple for everything they had done to help save our daughter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We thanked the couple for everything they had done to help save our daughter. 23. She ..... just ..... (enter) the room when the door ..... (open) and Jason ..... (enter). A) Did just enter / opened-had entered. B) Had just entered/ opened-had entered. C) Had just entered/ had opened-entered. D) Had just entered / opened-entered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had just entered / opened-entered. 24. When do we use which tense?To emphasise a past action's consequence in the present, we use ..... A) Simple Past. B) Present Perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect. 25. Karina ..... (PHONE) her dad before she ..... (LEAVE) for her trip. A) Phoned, had left. B) Had phoned, left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had phoned, left. 26. ..... you ..... (find) your book yet? A) Have / found. B) Did / found. C) Did / find. D) Do / find. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have / found. 27. When I got up, my mum ..... breakfast A) Has already had. B) Had already had. C) Had already. D) Already had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already had. 28. Marcia ..... (GET) really angry because someone had broken her pen. A) Got. B) Had gotten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 29. The word "already" is used in: A) Past simple. B) Present perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present perfect. 30. She ..... maria for eleven years A) Knowed. B) Has known. C) Had been Knowed. D) Known. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has known. 31. Jane had brushed her teeth ..... she went to bed. A) And. B) After. C) While. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 32. I was sad because I had not been ..... on a skateboard. A) Ride. B) Rode. C) Riding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Riding. 33. Dad drove me home after I ..... into the water. A) Had fallen. B) Fell. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had fallen. 34. I ..... to New York last month. I had never been to the USA before A) Went. B) Goed. C) Had went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 35. Yesterday we ..... to the pool. A) Went. B) Have gone. C) Have been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 36. Chuck had left the house before I ..... A) Called. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 37. I ..... in Abu Dhabi for 2 years and then I moved to Dubai. A) Lived. B) Have lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived. 38. Students ..... (be encourage) to think big and think of ideas that may not even be possible. A) Had encouraging. B) Had encouraged. C) Encouraged. D) Was encouraged. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was encouraged. 39. Before the police ..... the thief, he had stolen two cellphones. A) Caught. B) Had caught. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caught. 40. She has been to Buenos Aires three times. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 41. I asked her how long the man (be) unconscious. A) Had been. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 42. German Democratic Republic ..... the Berlin Wall in1961. A) Has constructed. B) Constructed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constructed. 43. I didn't see them. They ..... when I arrived. A) Left. B) Had left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 44. After Cathy had read the email, she ..... (FEEL) very worried. A) Felt. B) Had felt. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Felt. 45. Now that I ..... my notes, I ..... to continue writing my essay. A) Had found / wanted. B) Found / had want. C) Had find / wanted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had found / wanted. 46. How did the interview ..... yesterday? A) Was. B) Goes. C) Doing. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 47. We ..... the mobile phone that Marwin ..... A) Had found/lost. B) Found/had lost. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found/had lost. 48. By the time his friend ..... the conclusions, Luke ..... all the assignment. A) Had sent/ finished. B) Sent/ had finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sent/ had finished. 49. She (tell) me that she (buy) a new motorbike. A) Told, had bought. B) Had told, bought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told, had bought. 50. After Martha had read the email, she ..... (FEEL) very worried. A) Felt. B) Had felt. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Felt. 51. He hardly (go) to the cinema when he (call) on me. A) Went, had called. B) Had gone, called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone, called. 52. Lucy ..... (hope) for a new car, so she was really pleased when she ..... (get) one A) Have hoped/ have got. B) Was hoping/ had been got. C) Had been hoping/got. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been hoping/got. 53. Before he made a decision he ..... his friend for advice. A) Asked. B) Had asked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had asked. 54. Choose the correct answer in the box:I ..... (learn) German before I came to live here. A) Had learnt. B) Learnt. C) Learn. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had learnt. 55. Fred ..... really mad because someone had broken his pen. A) Got. B) Had got. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 56. We ..... swimming every day when we were young. A) Went. B) Was going. C) Were going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 57. Mum ..... angry because we had made a mess. A) Got. B) Had got. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got. 58. After Jose ..... (SPEND) his vacations in Italy, he ..... (WANT) to learn Italian. A) Had spent-wanted. B) Had spended-wanted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had spent-wanted. 59. I met all my friends at Joe's party because he ..... so many people. A) Invited. B) Had invited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had invited. 60. After he (finish) his studies in Kathmandu, he (stay) back for two years. A) Finished, had stayed. B) Had finished, stayed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, stayed. Next →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 2Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 3Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 4Form And Use The Past Progressive Verb Tense QuizPast, Present, Future Perfect Tense QuizPast And Past Perfect Tense QuizPast Continuous Tense QuizPast Future Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books