This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Perfect – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tomorrow some friends are coming over. I [see/not] ..... them for ages and they [be/never] ..... at my place before. A) Have not seen-Have never been. B) Did not see-were never. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have not seen-Have never been. 2. I (discuss) the matter with my mother before I (write) to my father. A) Have discussed, wrote. B) Discussed, had written. C) Discussed, wrote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have discussed, wrote. 3. Yesterday a boy ..... (destroy) the snowman that we ..... (build) . A) Had destroyed/built. B) Destroyed/had built. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destroyed/had built. 4. The ball was red A) Corret. B) See the next. C) Go back. D) You re goning to far . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corret. 5. Before the police ..... the thief, he had stolen two more watches. A) Caught. B) Had caught. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caught. 6. He ..... the car yet. A) Didn't fix. B) Hasn't fixed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasn't fixed. 7. I ..... (read) about natural disasters before I got to class. A) Have read. B) Had read. C) Read. D) Had reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had read. 8. I (be) sorry that I (hurt) him. A) Was, had hurt. B) Had been, hurt. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, had hurt. 9. For specific events in the past we use: A) Past simple. B) Present perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 10. On Monday I [work] ..... three hours overtime and [come] ..... home very late in the evening A) Have Worked-Have come. B) Worked-come. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked-come. 11. I ..... (dream) about a holiday in Greece. I couldn't believe it when my friend ..... (book) one as a surprise. A) Dream/had been booking. B) Had been dreaming/booked. C) Is dreaming/ had booked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been dreaming/booked. 12. What color is Matilda? A) Pink. B) Yellow. C) White. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White. 13. Jorge didn't study for the exam. A) Past perfect. B) Past simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past simple. 14. My father (enjoy) his food as soon as he (taste) it. A) Enjoyed, had tasted. B) Had enjoyed, tasted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoyed, had tasted. 15. I had drunk a tea before I ..... a coffe machine. A) Had bought. B) Bought. C) Had buy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 16. The teacher (teach) for one hour before he (give) the homework A) Had taught, gave. B) Had given, taught. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had taught, gave. 17. From Tuesday to Thursday [be] ..... on a business trip A) Have been. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 18. I ..... (vote) for new Student Council's candidates when you still had your ballot paper and queued for voting. A) Voted. B) Had vote. C) Had voted. D) Have voted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had voted. 19. 3-Last summer my parents and I ..... on a cultural holiday. A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 20. I (just / arrive) at the party when the cake was served. A) Had just arrived. B) Just had arrived. C) Arrived just now. D) Had just leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had just arrived. 21. I ..... (not go) to bed until the film ..... (finish). A) I didn't go to bed until the film had finished. B) I didn't had gone to bed until the film had finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I didn't go to bed until the film had finished. 22. Fter the man ..... home he ..... the cat. A) Hasn't comed / fed. B) Hadn't came / feed. C) Had not / feeds. D) Had come / fed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had come / fed. 23. Peter was sad because he ..... his mother. A) Not visisted. B) Didn't have visited. C) Had not visited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not visited. 24. She (own) She (drive) A) She has driven a car before she owns one. B) She had driven a car, she owned one. C) She had drove a car before she owned one. D) She had driven a car before she owned one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She had driven a car before she owned one. 25. The bus arrived late today because there ..... (BE) an accident on the way to school. A) Was. B) Had been. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been. 26. We didn't do our exercises this morning. A) Past perfect. B) Past simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past simple. 27. What is the name of the yellow bird? A) Mike. B) Yellow. C) Swifty. D) Chuck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chuck. 28. I ..... (STAY) at home last night because Dad had promised to play chess with me. A) Stayed. B) Had stayed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stayed. 29. Last year I went to Europe with my mother. A) Past simple. B) Past perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 30. Who is the main antagonist in the Angry Birds Movie? A) Terence. B) Mike. C) Leonard. D) Chuck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leonard. 31. The food ..... (be) fantastic but it ..... (cost) a fortune! A) Has been /cost. B) Have been / cost. C) Was/ cost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been /cost. 32. Have you ever drove a Ferrari? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 33. Susanne and Marco ..... (go) to Chicago before thr big blizzard. A) Went. B) Had gone. C) Have gone. D) Had went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. 34. When I ..... (arrive) at the station, the train ..... (already, leave). A) When I arrived at the station, the train had left. B) When I arrived at the station, the train had already left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When I arrived at the station, the train had already left. 35. Uncle Jose ..... to the doctor after he had been ill for a month A) Had gone. B) Went. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 36. They (live) for ten years in India before they (decide) to return to Nepal. A) Lived, had decided. B) Had lived, decided. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had lived, decided. 37. After Erika ..... (MAKE) breakfast, he ..... (PHONE) her friend. A) Had made, phoned. B) Made, phoned. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had made, phoned. 38. Monas ..... (be build) in 1961. A) Was building. B) Built. C) Was built. D) Had built. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was built. 39. I told her that I (not go) ..... to the cinema. A) I'd not (had not/hadn't) gone. B) I DONT CINEMA. C) I'M NOT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'd not (had not/hadn't) gone. 40. Luis ..... (PASS) the exam because he had practiced a lot. A) Passed. B) Had passed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passed. 41. He (study) Spanish for two years before he (go) to Spain. A) Had studied, went. B) Studied, had gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had studied, went. 42. Sue felt much better after she ..... (TELL) her mother everything. A) Told. B) Had told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had told. 43. Unfortunately, the old way of schooling typically ..... (squash) a drive to learn new things. A) Squashes. B) Had squashing. C) Squashed. D) Had squashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Squashed. 44. I ..... (wait) for hours so I was really glad when the bus finally ..... (arrive) A) Is waiting/ had arrived. B) Waits/had been arrived. C) Had been waiting / arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been waiting / arrived. 45. How long had you ..... in the city before you moved to the countryside? A) Live. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 46. Choose the ending for the following sentence:After Peter had graduated from university, he ..... A) Got married. B) Had gotten married. C) Gets married. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got married. 47. He (be) in the hospital for two months before he (die). A) Was, had died. B) Had been, died. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been, died. 48. The man jumped from the train before it ..... (STOP) A) Stopped. B) Had stopped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had stopped. 49. William edward boing ..... Boeing Company in 15th July, 1916 A) Building. B) Has built. C) Had been build. D) Built. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Built. 50. You ..... (find) my compass before I knew it was lost! Thanks a lot. A) Have found. B) Found. C) Had finding. D) Had found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had found. 51. When James ..... to ring us, we ..... house. A) Tried / had left already. B) Tried / had already left. C) Had already tried / left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tried / had already left. 52. When do we use which tense?To talk about an action in the past (without any consequences in the present), we use ..... A) Simple Past. B) Present Perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Past. 53. I ..... to school by bus yesterday. A) Have gone. B) Go. C) Was. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 54. She ..... the floor last month. A) Has clean. B) Clean. C) Cleaned. D) Has cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleaned. 55. My stomach was making funny noises because I ..... enough for breakfast this morning. A) Didn't have. B) Hadn't had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't had. 56. Uncle David ..... to the doctor after he had been ill for a month A) Had gone. B) Went. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 57. The driver ..... his car three times this year. A) Crashed. B) Has crashed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has crashed. 58. 'so far' is a signal word for ..... A) SImple Past. B) Present Perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect. 59. I (finish) ..... my homework yesterday. A) Have finished. B) Finished. C) Finish. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finished. 60. I hardly ( finish) my lunch when he (come). A) Had finished, came. B) Finished, had come. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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