This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 38 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They were excited because the concert ..... (start) an hour ago. A) Has started. B) Had started. C) Started. D) Had start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had started. 2. After Gaby had taken a bath, she ..... fresh A) Feel. B) Feels. C) Felt. D) Had felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Felt. 3. True or False:The past perfect tense can be used to describe future actions. A) False. B) The past perfect tense can describe ongoing actions. C) True. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 4. Identify the past perfect tense verb phrase.By 100 AD the Chinese had formed rice and wheat into noodles for ease in eating. A) Had formed. B) By 100 AD. C) Into noodles. D) For ease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had formed. 5. True or False:The past perfect tense is used to describe an action completed before another action in the past. A) True. B) False:The past perfect tense is used to describe a future action that will happen before another future action. C) False:The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that is currently happening. D) False:The past perfect tense is used to describe an action completed after another action in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. I ..... (have) a headache last night. A) Have. B) Have had. C) Had. D) Had had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 7. What is the past participle form of break? A) Breaked. B) Broke. C) Broken. D) Broked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken. 8. Complete the sentence with the past perfect form of the verb in parenthesis.After we ..... (eat) all of the treats, we decided to make another batch. A) Eat. B) Have eaten. C) Will eat. D) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had eaten. 9. When dad ..... (leave) home he ..... (forget) to lock the back door. A) Left/forgot. B) Left/had forgotten. C) Had left/had forgotten. D) Had left /forgot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left/forgot. 10. Choose the correct sentence using past perfect tense: A) She had saw the movie before, so she knew the ending. B) She saw the movie before, so she knew the ending. C) She had seen the movie before, so she knew the ending. D) She has seen the movie before, so she knew the ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had seen the movie before, so she knew the ending. 11. After she ..... me with the housework, she went to meet her friends. A) Helped. B) Had helped. C) Have helped. D) Was helping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had helped. 12. My eyes were hurting because I ..... at the computer screen all day. A) Had been staring. B) Had stared. C) Have stared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been staring. 13. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:The children (collect) ..... the chestnuts that (fall) ..... from the tree, A) Had fallen, collected. B) Collected, had fallen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collected, had fallen. 14. Choose the correct verb form:She (had, has, have) already left when I arrived. A) Will. B) Had. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 15. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:When I (arrive) ..... at the cinema, the film (start) ..... A) Had started, arrived. B) Arrived, had started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived, had started. 16. Before he ..... (to sing) a song he ..... (to play) the guitar. A) Sang, played. B) Had sung, had played. C) Sang, had played. D) Had sung, played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sang, had played. 17. What is the Past Participle of "Dream" A) Dreamt. B) Dream. C) Dreamed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dreamt. 18. When I got to house, Mary wasn't there. She ..... A) Wasn't already leave. B) Left already. C) Had already left. D) Have already left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already left. 19. Identify the correct past perfect verb form in the sentence:She ..... (see) the movie twice before last weekend. A) Saw. B) Had seen. C) Sees. D) Seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had seen. 20. Identify the past perfect tense in the sentence:'They had traveled to Paris before moving to London.' A) Traveled to London. B) They had moved to London. C) Had traveled. D) Had traveled to Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had traveled. 21. Do this sentense complett:I met Olga at the party, ..... A) I hadn't seen him for years. B) But they had not even started. C) I had never met her before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I had never met her before. 22. By the time we ..... (come) to the cinema, those movie tickets ..... (be) sold out. A) Had come / was. B) Came / had been. C) Come / was. D) Had came/ had was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came / had been. 23. When she ..... (to arrive) the match ..... already ..... (to start). A) Had arrived, started. B) Arrived, started. C) Had arrived, had started. D) Arrived, had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived, had started. 24. What's the past participle of RIDE? A) Rode. B) Ridden. C) Rided. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ridden. 25. Fill in the blank with the correct past perfect form:They ..... (finish) their homework before they went to play. A) Finish. B) Finishes. C) Had finished. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 26. Complete the sentence:By the time the concert ended, she ..... already ..... her favorite song. A) Had sung. B) Sang. C) Sing. D) Has sung. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had sung. 27. The sentence 'I had saw the movie before it was released' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. Which verb form completes the sentence in past perfect tense? By the time the sun rose, the hikers ..... the mountain. A) Had climbed. B) Climbed. C) Climb. D) Climbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had climbed. 29. I tried to find Mr Jones but he wasn't around. Then I found out he ..... A) Had died. B) Died. C) Have died. D) Has died. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had died. 30. By the time we reached the airport, the plane ..... (already / take off). A) Already took off. B) Had already taken off. C) Already had taken off. D) Took off already. 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