Past Perfect Tense Quiz 15 (25 MCQs)

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1. With forgot, remembered, realized and knew, we use past perfect tense
2. When he (arrive) at the station, he found that the train had left.
3. Which word completes the sentence?We ..... been out long when it started to rain.
4. The film ..... by the time we ..... to the cinema.
5. Rearrange this sentence using past perfect tense:played games/ had/ before/ they/ the children/ done their homework/.
6. They ..... (put) out the fire when they reached the airport.
7. Before we ..... (move) to New York we ..... (live) in Chicago.
8. The form of the Past perfect continous is .....
9. Which sentence has a similar meaning?Someone stole my phone. Then I found my bag and the phone was not there.
10. He had ..... to the hospital to visit his friend
11. Before Alin went to sleep, he had ..... his family.
12. We invited some friends over but they couldn't come because they ..... already ..... other plans.
13. Which two words are the basic building blocks for making the past perfect tense?
14. Before Aunt May (move) to Masbate, she (learn) to speak Cebuano.
15. Choose the sentence that best shows which action happened first.
16. ..... Eric had made breakfast, he called his friend.
17. The whole crop ..... before the monsoon rains came.
18. True or False:Words like 'already, ' 'before, ' and 'by the time' are often used with the past perfect tense to make the order of events clear.
19. Which sentence shows the correct way to form the past perfect tense?
20. Identify the past perfect tense in this sentence:After she had finished her homework, she went to bed.
21. I had ..... my homework before eight.
22. When I ..... (do) my homework, I went to sleep.
23. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense to show a cause?
24. Unscramble the following sentence:breakfast / before / had / came / here / you / had / here /?
25. Choose the best verb form for the blank. After I ..... the whole book, I watched the movie version.