This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Nicole Kidman got an oscar after she ..... brilliantly in "The Hours" . A) Has played. B) Has been played. C) Had been played. D) Had played. E) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had played. 2. Before it ..... (start) to rain, I ..... (reach) the station. A) Started, has reached. B) Started, had reached. C) Started, have reached. D) Started, reached. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started, had reached. 3. I couldn't go out because I had broken my leg.From the passage, which sentence is the event that happened first? A) I couldn't go out. B) I had broken my leg. C) I could go out. D) I hadn't broken my leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I couldn't go out. 4. He bought a plane ticket to Paris because he ..... never ..... the Eiffel Tower. A) Had, see. B) Had seen. C) Hadn't seen. D) Have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had seen. 5. When she arrived, the match ..... A) Had already started. B) Already had started. C) Had already start. D) Already had start. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already started. 6. Change the verb into present perfect tense.He ..... ( go ) to the library. A) Has gone. B) Has go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has gone. 7. Past perfect tense is used to express an action that was completed before another action occurred. A) True. B) False. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. She ..... (watch) a video after the children ..... (go) to bed. A) Watched-had gone. B) Had watched-gone. C) Watch-had gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watched-had gone. 9. After they ..... (finish) their homework, they watched TV. A) Had finished. B) Were finishing. C) Finish. D) Finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 10. We ..... (be) late for the plane because we had forgotten our passports. A) Had been. B) Have been. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 11. Dinosaurs ..... hundreds of millions of years ago. A) Lived. B) Had lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived. 12. .... Mario ..... (sleep) before I came? A) Had, slept. B) Will, slept. C) Was, slept. D) Have, sleep. E) Had, sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had, slept. 13. We use the present perfect continuous to ..... A) Talk about specific actions in the past. B) Talk about actions that no longer happen. C) To talk about actions which started in the past and are still happenning now. D) To talk about actions which started in the present and are still happenning now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To talk about actions which started in the past and are still happenning now. 14. Complete the sentence:By the time we arrived, the movie ..... already started. A) Had. B) Has. C) Have. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 15. I ..... a new camera before I went to London. A) Has bought. B) Had buy. C) Had bought. D) Have bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had bought. 16. Why are your clothes so wet? A) I have washed the car. B) I have ben washing the car. C) I have washing the car. D) I have been washing the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I have been washing the car. 17. Pina (force) herself to go to kitchen after her mother (ask) her to cook A) Forced, asked. B) Had forced, asked. C) Forced, had asked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forced, had asked. 18. Which of the following structures is the correct for the Past Perfect Tense? A) Subject + have/has + verb in past participle form. B) Subject + had + verb in infinitive form. C) Subject + have/has + verb simple past form. D) Subject + had + verb in past participle form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject + had + verb in past participle form. 19. He ..... to Hawaii many times. (Present Perfect Tense) A) Have been. B) Went. C) Has been. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has been. 20. How long has Jane been a writer? A) For about 22 years. B) Since 2008. C) For his lifetime. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For about 22 years. 21. Louis ..... (give) me a present. (Present Perfect Tense) A) Have gave. B) Has gave. C) Have given. D) Has given. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has given. 22. Tom ..... his homework before he watched TV. A) Did. B) Had done. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done. 23. Complete the sentence using the past perfect tense:By the time we got to the theater, the movie ..... A) Had started. B) Has started. C) Started. D) Start. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had started. 24. What is the correct past perfect form of "I do the laundry" ? A) I have done the laundry. B) I had done the laundry. C) I had did the laundry. D) I did the laundry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had done the laundry. 25. He recognized his penpal easily because he (see) his photo before. A) Has seen. B) Saw. C) Had seen. D) Sees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had seen. ← 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