This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Perfect – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They (not / clean) the house before their parents came home. A) Not cleaning. B) Didn't clean. C) Did not clean. D) Didn't cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did not clean. 2. As soon as I ..... (hear) the voice, I ..... (realize) I ..... (meet) the person before. A) As soon as I heard the voice, I realized I had met the person before. B) As soon as I had heard the voice, I realized I met the person before. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As soon as I heard the voice, I realized I had met the person before. 3. Had you arrived before it happened? A) Past perfect. B) Past simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past perfect. 4. 'recently' 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. 5. Last week I [be] ..... very busy and I [have not] ..... the time to do a lot in the household A) Have been-Have not Had. B) Was-Didn't have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was-Didn't have. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. The ball was red A) Go back. B) See the next. C) You re goning to far . D) Corret. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corret. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. I ..... (read) about natural disasters before I got to class. A) Had read. B) Have read. C) Read. D) Had reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had read. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. What color is Matilda? A) Blue. B) White. C) Yellow. D) Pink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. I ..... (vote) for new Student Council's candidates when you still had your ballot paper and queued for voting. A) Had vote. B) Voted. C) Have voted. D) Had voted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had voted. 24. 3-Last summer my parents and I ..... on a cultural holiday. A) Is. B) Was. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 25. I (just / arrive) at the party when the cake was served. A) Arrived just now. B) Had just arrived. C) Just had arrived. D) Had just leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had just arrived. 26. 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. 27. Fter the man ..... home he ..... the cat. A) Had come / fed. B) Hasn't comed / fed. C) Had not / feeds. D) Hadn't came / feed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had come / fed. 28. 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. 29. She (own) She (drive) A) She had drove a car before she owned one. B) She had driven a car before she owned one. C) She had driven a car, she owned one. D) She has driven a car before she owns one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had driven a car before she owned one. 30. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 1Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 2Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 3Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 4Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 6Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 7Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 8Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books