This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Perfect – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. What is the name of the yellow bird? A) Yellow. B) Mike. C) Chuck. D) Swifty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chuck. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Who is the main antagonist in the Angry Birds Movie? A) Leonard. B) Mike. C) Chuck. D) Terence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leonard. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Susanne and Marco ..... (go) to Chicago before thr big blizzard. A) Went. B) Had gone. C) Had went. D) Have gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. 9. After Cathy had read the email, she ..... very worried. A) Felt. B) Had felt. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Felt. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Monas ..... (be build) in 1961. A) Was building. B) Had built. C) Built. D) Was built. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was built. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. Unfortunately, the old way of schooling typically ..... (squash) a drive to learn new things. A) Had squashed. B) Squashes. C) Had squashing. D) Squashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squashed. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. I ..... (not tell) my teacher that my mum ..... (help) me with my homework. A) Didn't tell / helps. B) Wasn't tell/ had helped. C) Hadn't told/ helped. D) Didn't tell / had helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't tell / had helped. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. William edward boing ..... Boeing Company in 15th July, 1916 A) Built. B) Had been build. C) Building. D) Has built. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built. 27. You ..... (find) my compass before I knew it was lost! Thanks a lot. A) Had found. B) Have found. C) Found. D) Had finding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had found. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. I ..... to school by bus yesterday. A) Was. B) Have gone. C) Go. D) Went. 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