This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At that point I ..... from her in more than seven months. A) Hadn't been hearing. B) Hadn't heard. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't heard. 2. The thieves already ..... the bank three times. A) Have stolen. B) Had stolen. C) We had stolen. D) Has stolen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had stolen. 3. Complete the sentence:'When I arrived at the cinema, the film ..... already ..... ' A) -/ started. B) Has / started. C) Had / started. D) Starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had / started. 4. After they ..... (buy) the paint, they ..... (paint) the room. A) Had bought, painted. B) Bought, had painted. C) Had bought, had painted. D) Bought, painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had bought, painted. 5. I ..... the political section. A) I had read. B) You had read. C) We had read. D) Had read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had read. 6. When Jim got to the airport He noticed in horror that he ..... his passport. A) Had lost. B) Lost. C) Didn't lose. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lost. 7. Amy ..... (hit) me with a soccer ball. A) Had hited. B) Had hit. C) Had hut. D) Had hitten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had hit. 8. By the time I arrived my cousins ..... lunch. A) Have already had. B) Had already have. C) Had already had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already had. 9. We ..... home to find that someone ..... into the house. A) Have gotten, broke. B) Had gotten, broke. C) Got, has broken. D) Got, had broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got, had broken. 10. Fraser ..... scuba diving many times before he ..... his scuba license. A) Went, had received. B) Had gone, received. C) Went, has received. D) Has gone, received. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gone, received. 11. To make a past perfect tense negative, which word would you add? A) Not. B) Never. C) No. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 12. Dad, ..... reading the paper yet? A) Had you finished. B) You have finished. C) You had finish. D) Have you finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have you finished. 13. Students ..... (read) before class discussion. A) They have read. B) Have read. C) Had read. D) We were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had read. 14. 'Before' should be followed by A) The second past action in simple past tense. B) The second past action in past perfect tense. C) The first past action in simple past tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The second past action in simple past tense. 15. Identify the mistake:His father had been looked for him for 4 hours or more. A) Been. B) Looked. C) Had. D) There is no mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looked. 16. Was Jessica ..... (run) for the bus when you saw her? A) Ran. B) Running. C) Run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running. 17. "Kevin ..... the film five times and he still didn't really understand it" A) Has witched. B) Has wotched. C) Had watched. D) Had witched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had watched. 18. What is the correct past perfect form of "It is hot" ? A) It had been hot. B) It had be hot. C) It was hot. D) It had hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It had been hot. 19. Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the following ones:We forgot our passports. As a consequence, we were late for the plane A) We had forgotten our passports after we were late for the plane. B) We were late for the plane before we had forgotten our passports. C) We were late for the plane when we forgot our passports. D) We were late for the plane because we had forgotten our passports. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We were late for the plane because we had forgotten our passports. 20. Before Hugo and Bruno (start) the party, they (invite) some friends. A) Started / have inviting. B) Had started / inviting. C) Started / had invited. D) Starts / inviting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started / had invited. 21. Identify the mistake:She not had been watching TV for a long time, until she finally turned off the TV. A) Had. B) Not. C) Been. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 22. Which is NOT past perfect? A) Tony knew Istanbul well because he had visited the city many times. B) Sam have never been to an opera before last night. C) She did poorly on the exam becasue she had not read the book. D) By the time Alex finished school, he had been in London for over 8 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sam have never been to an opera before last night. 23. We form the past perfect with had and the ..... of the main verb. A) Affirmative. B) Before. C) Negative. D) Past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past participle. 24. I wish I ..... (not / forget) my keys at home. Now I can't get inside. A) Hadn't forgotten. B) Hasn't forgotten. C) Didn't forget. D) Wasn't forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't forgotten. 25. Choose the correct answer:The service at the restaurant was very slow. I ..... all of my meal before my friends' A) Had already eaten. B) Had already been eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already eaten. ← 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