This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Perfect – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. Last december, I ..... snow for the first time in my life A) See. B) Have seen. C) Had seen. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 4. She (finish) her homework before she went to bed. A) Finisher. B) Finished. C) Finish. D) Finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finished. 5. 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. 6. We ..... (NOT KNOW) the boys because we had not seen them before. A) Didn't know. B) Hadn't known. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't know. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Students ..... (do) the formative test even before the teacher taught the material last month. A) Did. B) Done. C) Had done. D) Has done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had done. 11. Arum ..... her bank locker key yesterday. A) Has lost. B) Lost. C) Got lost. D) Had lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lost. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. I (eat) dinner before I went to the movie. A) I was eating dinner before I went to the movie. B) I eat dinner before I went to the movie. C) I have eaten dinner before I went to the movie. D) I had eaten dinner before I went to the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I had eaten dinner before I went to the movie. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. The boss ..... (talk) to clients on Skype for hours so she ..... (want) a break. A) Was talking / had wanted. B) No answer. C) Talked/ wanting. D) Had been talking/wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been talking/wanted. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. It ..... (rain) and the pavement ..... (be)covered with puddles. A) Rained/ had been. B) Had been raining/was. C) Will rain/ have been. D) No answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been raining/was. 29. 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. 30. We ..... (not hear) about the earthquake before we watched the news. A) Have not heard. B) Had not hear. C) Didn't hear. D) Had not heard. 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