This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She didn't go to the party because she ..... (not receive) an invitation. A) Hadn't received. B) Didn't receive. C) Wasn't receiving. D) Hasn't received. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't received. 2. Complete the sentence:Chocolate ..... already been packaged . A) Had not. B) Had. C) Has. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 3. Susan ..... before we met in the restaurant. A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Eaten. D) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had eaten. 4. Which option shows the correct way to build the past perfect tense? A) Was + verb-ing. B) Have + past participle. C) Had + past participle. D) Will have + verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had + past participle. 5. True or False:The past perfect tense always uses the helping verb 'had' with the main verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Bob had ..... and he got the job. A) Graduates. B) Graduated. C) Graduating. D) Graduate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Graduated. 7. Change the verb into present perfect tense.Congratulations! You ..... (come ) first in the spelling test. A) Had come. B) Have come. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have come. 8. ..... the doctor examined the patient thoroughly before he prescribed the medication? A) Had. B) Did. C) Does. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 9. Nobody explained why the project had ..... on time. A) Complete. B) Not completed. C) N't complete. D) N't been completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not completed. 10. He missed the bus because he ..... late. A) Got up. B) Has got up. C) Gets. D) Had gotten up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had gotten up. 11. It had begun to rain when I ..... A) Had gone out. B) Went out. C) Was going out. D) I have gone out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went out. 12. We ..... the car for five years when we ..... it. A) Had have/sold. B) Had/had sold. C) Had had/had sold. D) Had had/sold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had had/sold. 13. True or False:The past perfect tense is used to indicate an action that happened before a specific time in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. True or False:In the sentence 'Before we moved here, we had lived in Texas for ten years.', the past perfect tense indicates a duration of time. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Past perfect is the form of a verb that expresses an action completed ..... a particular point in the ..... , formed in English with had and the past participle. A) Before, present. B) After, present. C) Before, past. D) After, past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before, past. 16. Fill in the Blank with the past verb that is in parenthesis:The cat ..... (go) into my bedroom while we ate dinner. A) Had goed. B) Had going. C) Had gone. D) Had go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had gone. 17. He ..... to Japan before 2011. A) Had not been. B) Had not be. C) Had not was. D) Had not is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been. 18. I ..... a blogger before my brother taught me how to post an article. A) Had not been. B) Had been. C) Have been. D) Was not been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not been. 19. Which sentence shows the correct way to make the past perfect tense negative? A) She didn't saw the movie before. B) She hasn't seen the movie before. C) She hadn't seen the movie before. D) She had saw not the movie before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She hadn't seen the movie before. 20. He couldn't call anyone because he ..... his phone with him. A) Hadn't brought. B) Brought. C) Has brought. D) Is brought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't brought. 21. He ..... gone. A) Have. B) Has. C) Had. D) Having. E) Is having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 22. She had never seen a bear before she ..... to Alaska. A) Moves. B) Moved. C) Move. D) Had moved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moved. 23. Complete the sentence:I had finished my homework ..... A) When I go to bed. B) When I went to bed. C) When I gone to bed. D) When I goes to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When I went to bed. 24. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense!We were late for the plane because we had ..... our passports. A) Forgotten. B) Forgot. C) Forget. D) Forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgotten. 25. Complete the sentence to show the cause of being tired:I was so tired yesterday because I ..... well the night before. A) Hadn't slept. B) Didn't sleep. C) Haven't slept. D) Wasn't sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't slept. ← 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