This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Perfect – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 4 (57 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lindsey ..... (watch) the movie in the theater before she saw it on TV. A) Had wacthing. B) Had watched. C) Have watched. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had watched. 2. She (fly) He (fly) A) She had flown to Paris before he flew there. B) She had flew to Paris before he flown there. C) She have flown to Paris before he flew there. D) She had flown to Paris, he flew there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had flown to Paris before he flew there. 3. I ..... to the shop to buy the shirt I ..... the day before. A) Had gone/ saw. B) Went/ had seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went/ had seen. 4. They ..... in Boston for ten years before moving here. A) Have lived. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 5. Their parents ..... until their daughter ..... A) Didn't relax / didn't phone. B) Didn't relax / phoned. C) Didn't relax / had phoned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't relax / phoned. 6. I ..... the book, but still don't get it. A) Have re-read. B) Re-read. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have re-read. 7. When I ..... into the house, I realized that someone ..... my TV! A) Had got/ stole. B) Got/ had stolen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got/ had stolen. 8. I (not / see) that movie before it won the award. A) Had not seen. B) Did not saw. C) Have not seened. D) Was not seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not seen. 9. She ..... poems all her life. A) Readed. B) Has readed. C) Has read. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has read. 10. My mom (come back) We (clean) A) We have cleaned the house before my mom comes back. B) We had cleaned the house before my mom came back. C) We had cleaned the house before my mom come back. D) We had cleaned the house, my mom came back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We had cleaned the house before my mom came back. 11. Susana ..... (TURN ON) the radio after she ..... (WASH) the dishes. A) Turned on-had washed. B) Had turned on-had washed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turned on-had washed. 12. Dad washed the dishes himself ..... he had had dinner. A) And. B) After. C) While. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 13. Select simple past A) I have graduated from college. B) I graduated from college. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I graduated from college. 14. I wondered if she (make) ..... that delicious chocolate cake A) She (made). B) (She) is making. C) She'd (had) made. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She'd (had) made. 15. She thought that she already (send) ..... him an e-mail. A) She'd / had already sent. B) SHE HAS NOT. C) SHE IS NOT EMAIL. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She'd / had already sent. 16. I ..... (be)very tired because I ..... (study) too much. A) Was/ had studied. B) Were/ had studied. C) Was / had been studying. D) Had been / studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/ had studied. 17. He didn't clean his shoes because he'd forgotten to buy the products. A) Past simple. B) Past perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect. 18. Where did you go on holiday? A) I have been in the beach. B) I went to the beach. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I went to the beach. 19. After the group ..... (leave) London, they ..... (fly) to Edinburgh. A) Leave, had flown. B) Left, had flown. C) Had left, flew. D) Has left, flies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left, flew. 20. I ..... (go) to the shop to buy the shirt I (see) the day before. A) I had gone to the shop to buy the shirt I saw the day before. B) I went to the shop to buy the shirt I had seen the day before. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I went to the shop to buy the shirt I had seen the day before. 21. She ..... the cake when the family ..... A) Made already / had arrived. B) Had already made / arrived. C) Had made already / arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already made / arrived. 22. He ..... (run) the company for over forty years when he ..... (retire). A) He had run the company for over forty years when he retired. B) He had ran the company for over forty years when he retired. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had run the company for over forty years when he retired. 23. My sister didn't watched the movie yesterday. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 24. It hadn't snowed for a while before that blizzard arrived. A) Past perfect. B) Past simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect. 25. My mom ..... the jumper my sister ..... to wear. A) Had just washed/wanted. B) Washed/had wanted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had just washed/wanted. 26. Last december, I ..... snow for the first time in my life A) See. B) Saw. C) Had seen. D) Have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 27. She (finish) her homework before she went to bed. A) Finishing. B) Finish. C) Finisher. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finished. 28. He (do) nothing before he (see) rne A) Did, had seen. B) Had done, saw. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done, saw. 29. He had never seen a bear before she moved to Alaska. A) Past perfect. B) Past simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect. 30. Mary had given me Cristina's address before she ..... A) Had left. B) Left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 31. My sister waited for half an hour, but then she ..... A) Left. B) Had left. C) Leaved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 32. Students ..... (do) the formative test even before the teacher taught the material last month. A) Had done. B) Did. C) Has done. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had done. 33. Arum ..... her bank locker key yesterday. A) Had lost. B) Lost. C) Has lost. D) Got lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lost. 34. The old house was still there but it ..... (NOT CHANGE) very much. A) Changed. B) Hadn't changed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't changed. 35. She ..... in a two-story house when she was young. A) Lived. B) Has lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived. 36. We didn't have any money. A) Past simple. B) Past perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 37. She had cooked when I ..... A) Arrived. B) Had arrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 38. I (eat) dinner before I went to the movie. A) I had eaten dinner before I went to the movie. B) I have eaten dinner before I went to the movie. C) I was eating dinner before I went to the movie. D) I eat dinner before I went to the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had eaten dinner before I went to the movie. 39. After they (go) I (sit) down. A) Had gone, sat. B) Went, had sat. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gone, sat. 40. She felt better after we ..... everything up. A) Cleaned. B) Had cleaned. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had cleaned. 41. The boss ..... (talk) to clients on Skype for hours so she ..... (want) a break. A) Talked/ wanting. B) Had been talking/wanted. C) Was talking / had wanted. D) No answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been talking/wanted. 42. Before we ..... the station we saw that we had lost our way. A) Reached. B) Had reached. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reached. 43. They ..... the film after they had read the book. A) Saw. B) Had seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 44. Complete the sentence with the correct expression: ..... I had gotten up, I went to school. A) After. B) Before. C) Because. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 45. Mr. Ram (not see) me for many years when I (meet) him last week. A) Had not seen, met. B) Didn't see, had met. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not seen, met. 46. When she ..... (ARRIVE) to the stadium, the game ..... already ..... (START). A) Arrived-had started. B) Had arrived-started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived-had started. 47. I ..... the window Cathrine ..... A) Had just closed/opened. B) Closed/had just opened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had just closed/opened. 48. I (a) writing the project at 6 o'clock yesterday. A) A. finished. B) Had finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. finished. 49. I ..... a sandwich in the morning, that's why I did not eat in the afternoon. A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Had eaten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had eaten. 50. It ..... (rain) and the pavement ..... (be)covered with puddles. A) Will rain/ have been. B) Rained/ had been. C) No answer. D) Had been raining/was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been raining/was. 51. Bob did not let us into his room because he ..... it for weeks. A) Had cleaned not. B) Had not cleaned. C) Had not clean. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not cleaned. 52. We ..... (not hear) about the earthquake before we watched the news. A) Had not hear. B) Had not heard. C) Didn't hear. D) Have not heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not heard. 53. The expressions "when", "before", "by the time" are used with: A) Past Perfect. B) Simple Past. C) Both:Simple Past and Past Perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple Past. 54. He (already / leave) when I arrived at the office. A) Had already left. B) Leaved already. C) Already had left. D) Has already leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already left. 55. I ..... the exam because I ..... a lot. A) Had passed / had studied. B) Passed / studied. C) Had passed / studied. D) Passed / had studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passed / had studied. 56. What do you need to summon the mighty eagle? A) Three eggs. B) A golden egg. C) A can of sardines. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A golden egg. 57. Complete the sentence with the right form of the verbs:When I ..... (arrive) home, the burglars ..... (break) into the house. A) Arrived/broke. B) Arrived/had broken. C) Had arrived/broke. D) Had arrived/had broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived/had broken. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 1Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 2Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 3Form 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