This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past And Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following sentences uses the past perfect tense? A) He had already finished his meal when I got to the restaurant. B) He already finishes his meal when I got to the restaurant. A) He has already finished his meal when I got to the restaurant. B) He finishes his meal when I got to the restaurant. C) He had already finished his meal when I got to the restaurant. D) He already finished his meal when I got to the restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had already finished his meal when I got to the restaurant. 2. Joe:Seven days. By the time the train arrived at Beijing's main train station, (4) ..... (I / travel) 4735 miles. A) I had travelled. B) I have travelled. C) I travelled. D) I travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had travelled. 3. The plane had left by the time I got to the airport. A) Past Tense. B) Past Perfect Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Perfect Tense. 4. Marion ..... (ask) me what ..... (happen) to me last week. A) Had asked, happened. B) Asked, had happened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asked, had happened. 5. ..... the new Stephen King book? A) Had you read. B) Had you readen. C) Have you readen. D) Have you read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had you read. 6. After Juan had spent his holiday in the Philippines he (want) ..... to learn the Tagalog language. What is the correct form of the verb in the parentheses? A) Want. B) Has wanted. C) Wanted. D) Had wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wanted. 7. I went to school after I ..... from my sickness. A) Had recovered. B) Have recovered. C) Has recovered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had recovered. 8. It ..... heavily yesterday, but it ..... earlier in the morning. A) Rains, has been stop. B) Rain, has stop. C) Rained, had stopped. D) Rain, have stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rained, had stopped. 9. My childhood ..... happy and I would like to share about it. A) Is. B) Are. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 10. She couldn't find the book that I ..... (lend) her. A) Lend. B) Lent. C) Lends. D) Lending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lent. 11. Billy and Greg ..... instantly when they ..... the music. A) Danced, had heard. B) Dances, hear. C) Had danced, heard. D) Danced, heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danced, had heard. 12. Change the form of the verb inside the parentheses into past tense or past perfect tense form.1. The sun (set) ..... before they (leave) ..... the place. A) Sets, leave. B) Had set, . left. C) Set, left. D) Had set, left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had set, left. 13. Betty's plants died because ..... A) She had lost her doll. B) She had left her purse at home. C) He had spent all his money. D) She hadn't watered them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She hadn't watered them. 14. The teacher (correct) ..... the tests we (write) ..... A) Corrected ; had wrote. B) Corrected ; wrote. C) Had corrected ; wrote. D) Corrected ; had written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corrected ; had written. 15. She (leave) ..... the room when the police(arrive) ..... A) Had left / arrived. B) Left / had arrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left / arrived. 16. I (wash) ..... the floor when the painter (go) ..... A) Had washed / went. B) Washed / had gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Washed / had gone. 17. I (be) sorry that I (not be) nicer to him. A) Was/ hadn't been. B) Had been/ wasn't. C) Had been/ hadn't been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/ hadn't been. 18. She ..... her homework before she ..... dinner. A) Had finished, eaten. B) Had finished, ate. C) Has finished, eat. D) Have finished, eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, ate. 19. She washed her car. A) Past Tense. B) Past Perfect Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Tense. 20. When I ..... (get) to school I found out that I ..... (forget) my keys. A) Had gotten, forgot. B) Got, had forgotten. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got, had forgotten. 21. The family enjoyed the party when Mika sang a beautiful song and Bert danced energetically. How many verbs are there in the sentence? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 22. Choose the correct PAST PERFECT TENSE of the verb in each sentence.I went to school after I ..... from my sickness. A) Had recovered. B) Have recovered. C) Has recovered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had recovered. 23. (He was travelling to Venice)IS THE SENTENCE CORRECT? A) Yes. B) No. C) I don't know. D) Maybe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 24. Last Friday I ..... my friend. A) Call. B) Called. C) Calling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Called. 25. Directions:Change the form of the verb inside the parentheses into past tense or past perfect tense form. 1. When the scientists (find) ..... the artifacts, the salty water (reduce) ..... most of the fragments. A) Find, reduce. B) Had found, reduced. C) Found, had reduced. D) Found, reduced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Found, had reduced. 26. Who is the author of the story (Lob's girl)? A) Joan Aiken. B) William Shakespeare. C) Leo Tolstoy. D) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joan Aiken. 27. Choose the past simple form of the verb "BUY" A) Buy. B) Bought. C) Had bought. D) Buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 28. Bob couldn't buy the new computer because ..... A) He had lost his old one. B) He had watched a scary movie. C) He had spent all his money. D) He hadn't studied at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had spent all his money. 29. Each day last week, I already ..... when the class began. A) Had eaten. B) Eating. C) Eat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten. 30. By the time my uncle ..... (finish) his prayers, I ..... (call) an uber taxi for his trip back to Norzagaray. A) Had finished / called. B) Had finished / had called. C) Finished / called. D) Should have finished / should have called. 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