This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 13 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Aurora (work) as a manager in the hotel before her uncle (decide) to put up his own hotel. A) Worked, decided. B) Worked, had decided. C) Had worked, decided. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had worked, decided. 2. When my father got home, I ..... TV. for 2 hours. A) Watched. B) Was watching. C) Had watched. D) Had been watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had watched. 3. My mom ..... your letter before she ..... it to me. A) Had read/ gave. B) Read/ had given. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had read/ gave. 4. Before we arrived at the station, the train ..... so I couldn't catch it. A) Left. B) Had left. C) Leaves. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 5. The children ..... (not do) their homework, so they ..... (be) in trouble. A) Didn't do / weren't. B) Hadn't done / were. C) Didn't do / had been. D) Haven't done / were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't done / were. 6. Which question is correctly formed in the past perfect tense? A) Had you ate lunch before you left?. B) Did you had eaten lunch before you left?. C) Had you eaten lunch before you left?. D) You had eaten lunch before you left?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had you eaten lunch before you left?. 7. If Harry had ..... the bus to campus, he would have arrived on time. A) Take. B) Taken. C) Took. D) Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taken. 8. Choose the correct past perfect form:Once they had ..... the cake, they served it to the guests. A) Baked. B) Bake. C) Baking. D) Bakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baked. 9. I ..... the dental operation to be painful, but I didn't feel a thing. A) Expect. B) Am expecting. C) Have expected. D) Had expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had expected. 10. I had ..... a bath after school A) Take. B) Took. C) Takes. D) Taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taken. 11. By the time I could talk to her, she ..... to quit her job. A) Decided. B) Had decided. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had decided. 12. Read the two events:1. I finished my homework. 2. My favorite show started. Which sentence best combines these to show the homework was done first? A) I had finished my homework before my favorite show started. B) When my favorite show started, I finished my homework. C) After my favorite show had started, I finished my homework. D) I finished my homework, and then my favorite show had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I had finished my homework before my favorite show started. 13. I (save) the document before the computer (crash). A) Had saved, crashed. B) Saved, crashed. C) Saved, had crashed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had saved, crashed. 14. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense!After they had ..... the shellfish, they began to feel sick. A) Eaten. B) Ate. C) Eated. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eaten. 15. The train had left. The question form of this sentence is ..... A) Had the train had left?. B) Had the train left?. C) Had the train leave?. D) Have the train had left?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had the train left?. 16. Sheyla ..... the books until you reminded her. A) Hadn't paid. B) Hadn't pay. C) Hasn't pay. D) Hasn't paid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't paid. 17. Select the sentence that is written in the past perfect tense. A) My friends are coming over later. B) My friends came over yesterday. C) My friends will come over tomorrow. D) My friends had come over before I got home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My friends had come over before I got home. 18. Before you came, I ..... to make a dessert. A) Have planned. B) Have plan. C) Had been planning. D) Has a plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been planning. 19. Alexa:Did you leave the party after it's over?Michael:No, I didn't. I had been in the party for 20 minutes.Alexa:So ..... the party before the main event?Michael:Yes, I had. A) Did you leave. B) Have you left. C) Had you left. D) You had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had you left. 20. ..... , they had gone out A) When John arrives. B) Because John arrived. C) When John arrived. D) When John was arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When John arrived. 21. I decided to water the tree after ..... it. A) Had planted. B) Planted. C) Planting. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planting. 22. ..... breakfast when you got up? A) Did James already cook. B) Had James already cooked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had James already cooked. 23. The robber ..... with the loot when the police arrived. A) Escaped. B) Had escaped. C) Has escaped. D) Had been escaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had escaped. 24. Yesterday, everybody complained about the homework because we ..... never ..... something like that before. A) Had, done. B) Have, do. C) Had, do. D) Hadn't done. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had, done. 25. The grass was yellow because it ..... (not/rain) all summer. A) Hadn't raining. B) Hadn't rainyed. C) Had to rained. D) Hadn't raineded. E) Hadn't rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hadn't rained. ← 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