This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past And Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After I ..... (finish) the report, I saw that it ..... (be) too late. A) Had finished, were. B) Had finished, was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, was. 2. Uncle David ..... (go) to the doctor after he ..... (be) ill for a month. A) Go, was. B) Go, had been. C) Went, was. D) Went, had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go, had been. 3. Before you arrived, the participants ..... the library. A) Had leaving. B) Had leave. C) Had left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 4. Deb:How long (3) ..... (the trip / take)? A) Do the trip take. B) Did the trip took. C) Did the trip take. D) Does the trip take. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did the trip take. 5. To go somewhere that is unknown or dangerous A) Venture. B) Forlorn. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venture. 6. Mum once ..... (paint) a picture although she ..... (never, learn) it. A) Paint, learn. B) Painted, learn. C) Painted, never learned. D) Paint, never learned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painted, never learned. 7. The reporter interview the mayor before the event. A) Had interviewed. B) Interviewed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had interviewed. 8. When the friends ..... to the cinema, the film ..... (to get/to start) A) Got, had already started. B) Had got, started. C) Got, has started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got, had already started. 9. He (hear) ..... the news, (go) to the telephone and (call) ..... a friend. A) Had heard, gone, called. B) Heard, went, called. C) Had heard, went, called. D) No answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had heard, went, called. 10. I ..... to help my Dad to wash the dishes last night A) Try. B) Tryed. C) Tried. D) Am trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tried. 11. The children had tidied up the room before they ..... for exercise that morning. A) Went. B) Go. C) Gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 12. In the evenings we usually (go) ..... to a pub. A) GOES. B) GO. C) GONE. D) WENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) WENT. 13. Cling A) Past Form-clungPast Participle-clung. B) Past Form-clangPast Participle-clung. C) Past Form-clangPast Participle-clanged. D) Past Form-clingedPast Participle-clinged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Form-clangPast Participle-clung. 14. Choose the sentence that uses the past perfect tense:A) We had already left when the movie started. B) We already left when the movie starts. A) We had already left when the movie started. B) We already left when the movie was starting. C) We had already leaving when the movie started. D) We already leave when the movie started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We had already left when the movie started. 15. The dog had chased the bird before it ..... out of the yard. A) Fly. B) Had flown. C) Flew. D) Flown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flew. 16. Jenny lost the key after she ..... to the washroom. A) Has gone. B) Had gone. C) Has went. D) Had went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone. 17. My sister cried after her wounds ..... A) Had bleed. B) Had bleeding. C) Had bleding. D) Had bled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had bled. 18. They (notify) ..... the company after they (arrive) ..... home. A) Had notified, arrived. B) Notified, had arrived. C) Notify, arrive. D) Notified, arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Notified, had arrived. 19. Which is the correct past perfect question form? A) Had my father talked to you before you goed to school?. B) Had my mom seen my dog before it disappeared?. C) My mom had seen me, hadn't she?. D) Had I seen the doctor when it be the time?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had my mom seen my dog before it disappeared?. 20. I eat dinner when my friend call me. A) Had eaten. B) Ate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten. 21. The rain ..... an hour ago. A) Had stopped. B) Stopped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stopped. 22. Identify the past tense verb in the following sentence:He played soccer with his friends. A) Jumped. B) Swimming. C) Played. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 23. Choose the correct simple past form of shake. A) Shaken. B) Shook. C) Have shaken. D) Had shaken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shook. 24. All of the items below are examples of time expressions. Which doesn't belong to the group? A) When. B) Last week. C) By the time. D) Until. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last week. 25. Identify the past participle of the verb "drive" . A) Drove. B) Driven. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Driven. Next →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 2Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 3Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 4Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 5Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 6Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 7Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 8Past And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books