This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Robert was apologetic but they said they ..... long. A) Hadn't waited. B) Hadn't been waiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't been waiting. 2. We had already eaten when John ..... home. A) Come. B) Came. C) Coming. D) Comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 3. The sun ..... yesterday after it ..... cold for many weeks. A) Shone / had been. B) Shined / had been. C) Had shone / was. D) Had shined / was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shone / had been. 4. By the time my sister ..... back from holiday, all her plants at home ..... A) Came, die. B) Came, died. C) Came, had die. D) Came, has die. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came, had die. 5. The robber ..... the bank before the policemen ..... A) Had left / arrived. B) Left / had arrived. C) Had left / arrive. D) Left / arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left / arrived. 6. Choose the sentence that is correctly written in past perfect. A) We had builted one house there. B) He had built three houses here. C) He has built three houses here. D) I had build a house in this place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had built three houses here. 7. Before Jack ..... to bed, he ..... the window. A) Went / opened. B) Had gone / had opened. C) Had gone / opened. D) Went / had opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went / had opened. 8. Choose the option that completes the sentence in an accurate way:When I ..... at the cinema, the film ..... A) Arrived/ started. B) Had arrived/had started. C) Had arrived/ starting. D) Arrived/ had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived/ had started. 9. By the time we got to the restaurant, Our friend ..... A) Have left. B) Left. C) Had left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 10. By the time I moved in, they ..... the building work. A) Finished. B) Had finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished. 11. They (go) to a restaurant after they (sail). A) Gone / sailing. B) Went / had sailed. C) Had gone / had sailed. D) Went / has sailed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went / had sailed. 12. What do we need to add in the REGULAR verbs to create the Past Simple verb? A) None. B) -ing. C) -d or-ed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -d or-ed. 13. When we want to talk about two past actions, which of the following tenses should be used to talk about the first past action? A) Past simple. B) Present perfect. C) Past perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past perfect. 14. The negative structure for Past perfect simple is A) Subject + had + not + verb in past participle + complement. B) Subject + have + verb in past participle + not + complement. C) Subject + had + not +verb in simple past + complement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subject + had + not + verb in past participle + complement. 15. She had ..... A) Ate. B) Eating. C) Eaten. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eaten. 16. WHAT IS THE PAST PERFECT STRUCTURE? A) S+HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE. B) S+DID+INFINITIVE. C) S+HAVE/HAS+PASTPARCIPLE. D) S+HAD+INFINITIVE+C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) S+HAD+PAST PARTICIPLE. 17. We were quite surprised, as they ..... us before. A) Had never visited. B) Had never been visiting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never visited. 18. I ..... to the radio online before my parents arrived home. A) Had listened. B) Listened. C) Have listen. D) Am listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had listened. 19. Choose the option that completes the sentence in an accurate way:After they ..... the shellfish, they ..... to feel sick A) Had eaten/ began. B) Ate/ had begun. C) Have eaten/ begins. D) Ate/ begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had eaten/ began. 20. Mum asked me why I ..... up my room. A) Hadn't tidied. B) Hadn't tidyed. C) Didn't tidy. D) Don't tidy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't tidied. 21. They ..... the decision yet so we had to remain patient. A) Hadn't been making. B) Hadn't made. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't made. 22. Mona didn't ..... an English story yesterday. A) Wrote. B) Write. C) Writed. D) Wroted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 23. He ..... the book before the class started. A) Read. B) Had read. C) Reading. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had read. 24. If only we ..... the sign. We wouldn't have got into so much trouble. A) Had seen. B) Seen. C) Saw. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had seen. 25. Write the structure of the interrogative in the past perfect tense A) Auxiliary had + subject + verb in past participle + complement +?. B) Had + subject + verb in past participle + complement +?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + subject + verb in past participle + complement +?. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Quiz 1Past Perfect Quiz 2Past Perfect Quiz 3Past Perfect Quiz 4Past Perfect Quiz 5Past Perfect Quiz 6Past Perfect Quiz 7Past Perfect Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books