This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the Blank with the past verb that is in parenthesis:We ..... (practice) math before I started school. A) Had practicing. B) Had practice. C) Had practiced. D) Had played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had practiced. 2. Nisa told us yesterday that she ..... England in 2000. A) Had visiting. B) Is visiting. C) Was visited. D) Had visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had visited. 3. After Sofie (finish) taking a bath, she (go) to lunch. A) Finished, went. B) Had finished, went. C) Finished, had went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, went. 4. I ..... my exercises by the time Alan ..... A) Did/had come. B) Had done/came. C) Was doing/came. D) Was doing/had come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had done/came. 5. Bill and Jane were very tired because they ..... on stage for hours A) Have danced. B) Were dancing. C) Had been dancing. D) Dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been dancing. 6. Fill in the blank to show which action happened first:After the team ..... for weeks, they finally won the championship game. A) Practices. B) Practiced. C) Had practiced. D) Was practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had practiced. 7. The calculator is not working. Someone ..... (break) the calculator. A) Broke. B) Has broken. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has broken. 8. The quality was better than I ..... A) Had expected. B) Expect. C) Expected. D) Was expect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had expected. 9. Change the verb into past perfect tense.Shalini ..... ( expect ) to make it to the top this time. A) Had expected. B) Is expect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had expected. 10. I ..... watched two seasons of this T.V. show A) Has. B) Had not. C) Has not. D) Haden't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not. 11. Here are two events:1. The rain started. 2. We got inside. Which sentence best combines these to show that the rain started first? A) We had gotten inside when the rain started. B) We got inside when the rain had started. C) We got inside, and then the rain started. D) We had gotten inside, so the rain started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We got inside when the rain had started. 12. The plants were not blossoming because it ..... until yesterday. A) Hadn't rained. B) Had rained. C) Haven't rained. D) Have rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't rained. 13. Choose the correct past perfect verb form:By the time the sun set, they ..... the picnic. A) Had finished. B) Finished. C) Finish. D) Finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 14. Have you ever ..... to China? A) Went. B) Go. C) Been. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Been. 15. Before I boarded the bus, I realised that I ..... my wallet. A) Forgot. B) Had forgotten. C) Was forgetting. D) Has forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had forgotten. 16. Damia ..... finished her work yesterday. A) Had no. B) Had not. C) Has not. D) Have not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not. 17. When we ..... (get) there, the show ..... (already begin). A) Got, had already begun. B) Got, had already began. C) Had got, had already begun. D) Had got, had already began. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got, had already begun. 18. When we were in elementary school, we ..... (not/learn) past perfect tense before we got English course. A) Have learnt. B) Had not learnt. C) Were learning. D) Have not been learnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not learnt. 19. Last week Jess finished studying Chapter 1. This week she's studying Chapter 2. She ..... Chapter 1 when he started Chapter 2. A) Has already studied. B) Had already studied. C) Studied. D) Would have studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already studied. 20. Which word is key to using when writing the past perfect tense? A) Had. B) Has. C) Have. D) Was. E) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 21. By the time we got to the theatre, the play (already, start) ..... A) Had already started. B) Had already been starting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already started. 22. Who told you about that? It ..... be me. I didn't know about that story. A) Can't. B) Might. C) Must. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't. 23. Steve told us, Mary ..... (not buy) that car the month before. A) Hadn't bought. B) Bought. C) Haven't bought. D) Hasn't bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't bought. 24. Change the verb into past perfect tense.My mother said that you ..... ( call ) me up earlier too. A) Have call. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had called. 25. True or False:The past perfect tense is used to talk about an action that happened *before* another action in the past. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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