This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Here are two events:1. The rain started. 2. We got inside. Which sentence best combines these to show that the rain started first? A) We had gotten inside when the rain started. B) We got inside when the rain had started. C) We got inside, and then the rain started. D) We had gotten inside, so the rain started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We got inside when the rain had started. 2. The plants were not blossoming because it ..... until yesterday. A) Hadn't rained. B) Had rained. C) Haven't rained. D) Have rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't rained. 3. Choose the correct past perfect verb form:By the time the sun set, they ..... the picnic. A) Had finished. B) Finished. C) Finish. D) Finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 4. Have you ever ..... to China? A) Went. B) Go. C) Been. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been. 5. Before I boarded the bus, I realised that I ..... my wallet. A) Forgot. B) Had forgotten. C) Was forgetting. D) Has forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had forgotten. 6. Damia ..... finished her work yesterday. A) Had no. B) Had not. C) Has not. D) Have not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not. 7. When we ..... (get) there, the show ..... (already begin). A) Got, had already begun. B) Got, had already began. C) Had got, had already begun. D) Had got, had already began. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got, had already begun. 8. When we were in elementary school, we ..... (not/learn) past perfect tense before we got English course. A) Have learnt. B) Had not learnt. C) Were learning. D) Have not been learnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not learnt. 9. Last week Jess finished studying Chapter 1. This week she's studying Chapter 2. She ..... Chapter 1 when he started Chapter 2. A) Has already studied. B) Had already studied. C) Studied. D) Would have studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already studied. 10. Which word is key to using when writing the past perfect tense? A) Had. B) Has. C) Have. D) Was. E) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 11. By the time we got to the theatre, the play (already, start) ..... A) Had already started. B) Had already been starting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already started. 12. Who told you about that? It ..... be me. I didn't know about that story. A) Can't. B) Might. C) Must. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't. 13. Steve told us, Mary ..... (not buy) that car the month before. A) Hadn't bought. B) Bought. C) Haven't bought. D) Hasn't bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't bought. 14. Change the verb into past perfect tense.My mother said that you ..... ( call ) me up earlier too. A) Have call. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had called. 15. True or False:The past perfect tense is used to talk about an action that happened *before* another action in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Just before I left the country, I ..... (send) a cable to him. A) Has send. B) Have send. C) Had send. D) Had sent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had sent. 17. Translate:Mi perro habia participado por tercera vez A) My dog has participated for third time. B) My dog have participated for third time. C) My dog had participated for third time. D) My dog had been participating for third time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My dog had participated for third time. 18. Before she moved to Paris, she ..... in London for ten years. A) Had lived. B) Lived. C) Was living. D) Lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had lived. 19. The children had got up when their father arrived.Which of the following is correct? A) The children were up before their father arrived. B) The children got up after their father arrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The children were up before their father arrived. 20. I could not remember the poem we ..... the week before. (Past Perfect Tense) A) Had learnt. B) Are learning. C) Will learn. D) Learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had learnt. 21. Fill in the Blank with the past verb that is in parenthesis:My friends ..... (watch) the movie before I arrived. A) Had watched. B) Had watching. C) Had watch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had watched. 22. True or False:The sentence 'By the time the show began, we had already found our seats.' uses the past perfect tense correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Complete the sentence:My phone died because I ..... it the night before. A) Hadn't charged. B) Didn't charged. C) Haven't charged. D) Hadn't charge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't charged. 24. My kids had gone home when I ..... to school. A) Had got. B) Got. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got. 25. Choose the sentence that uses the past perfect tense correctly. A) She had went to the store before it closed. B) They had finished their homework before dinner. C) He has finished his project last night. D) We will have completed the task before noon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had finished their homework before dinner. 26. True or False:The sentence 'I had visited the museum before it closed' uses the past perfect tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. They ..... (not/eat) so we went to a restaurant. A) Had not eaten. B) Hadn't eaten. C) Hadn't eat. D) Hadn't ate. E) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't eaten. 28. II. Had Syakir promised to treat his groupmates Starbucks? A) Had + subject + not + past participle. B) Had + past participle + subject. C) Had + not + past participle + subject. D) Had + subject + past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had + subject + past participle. 29. Jane didn't arrive until after John ..... A) Had left. B) Had lived. C) Has left. D) Has lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 30. ..... you ..... (prepare) your health standard before facing this new normal era? A) Do-prepare. B) Are-prepare. C) Did you prepare. D) Had-prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had-prepared. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Perfect Tense Quiz 1Past Perfect Tense Quiz 2Past Perfect Tense Quiz 3Past Perfect Tense Quiz 4Past Perfect Tense Quiz 5Past Perfect Tense Quiz 6Past Perfect Tense Quiz 7Past Perfect Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books