This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Once the servant ..... the floor, we would spread out the mat on the floor. A) Has swept. B) Had swept. C) Had sweep. D) Will had swept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had swept. 2. The sun had set before I ..... (BE) ready to go A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Have. E) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 3. What is the negative form of the past perfect tense? A) Had not. B) Was not having. C) Has not had. D) Did not have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not. 4. Convert the following present perfect sentence to past perfect tense:They have visited Paris many times. A) They will visit Paris many times. B) They visited Paris many times. C) They had visited Paris many times. D) They are visiting Paris many times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had visited Paris many times. 5. Had they ..... the auditorium after the function? ( leave ) A) Leaves. B) Left. C) Lived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 6. Rewrite the following sentence in past perfect tense:'She had already left when I arrived.' A) She was gone when I arrived. B) She had already left when I arrived. C) She left before I arrived. D) She already left when I arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had already left when I arrived. 7. Negative Sentences structure is A) Subject + Had + Past Participle + Object. B) Subject + Had + Not + Past Participle + Object. C) Had + Subject + Past Participle + Object. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject + Had + Not + Past Participle + Object. 8. He (not / be) ..... to Cape Town before 1997 A) Had not be. B) Had not been. C) Not been. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not been. 9. He couldn't believe his eyes! His father ..... him a new laptop as a birthday gift. A) Bought. B) Has bought. C) Had bought. D) Was bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had bought. 10. When she (finish) reading the book, she (put) it back on the shelf. A) Finished, had put. B) Had finished, put. C) Had finished, putted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished, put. 11. Anna returned from France, where she ..... French. A) Had been learning. B) Learned. C) Had learned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been learning. 12. We ate cherries from the tree that my grandfather ..... A) Planted many years before. B) Have planted many years before. C) Did planted many years before. D) Had planted many years before. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had planted many years before. 13. Larry ..... his homework already by the time Roy came over. A) Finishes. B) Had finish. C) Had finished. D) Have finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 14. After the gardener ..... up the leaves, he burnt them. A) Swept. B) Has swept. C) Have swept. D) Had swept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had swept. 15. The number of horses in Canada ..... slightly over the past few years. A) Has decreased. B) Have decreased. C) Decreased. D) Had decreased. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has decreased. 16. I had ..... seen such a beautiful scene before I visited Turkey. A) Never. B) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never. 17. 6-No sooner ..... he made a mistake than he apologized. A) Had. B) Have. C) Has. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 18. They had left before I woke up. From the passage, which sentence is the event that happened first? A) I woke up. B) They had left. C) Before. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had left. 19. She ..... in Sweden before she went to Norway. (to live) A) Have lived. B) Had lived. C) Has lived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had lived. 20. He ..... us the item had been shipped. A) Told. B) Say. C) Talk. D) Asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 21. ..... we not ..... to discuss social issues ( gather ) A) Had gather. B) Had gathered. C) Have gathering. D) Have gathered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had gathered. 22. Abigail and Sarah had ..... for permission to join the camp. A) Ask. B) Asking. C) Asked. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asked. 23. I had already gone to bed when ..... A) Philip had telephoned. B) Philip telephoned. C) Philip telephones. D) Philip was telephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philip telephoned. 24. The past perfect is a verb tense that ..... A) Is mainly used to express actions that occurred before others that took place in the past. B) Is mainly used to express actions that occurred before others that take place in the present. C) Is not used primarily to express actions that occurred before others that took place in the past. D) Neither option is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is mainly used to express actions that occurred before others that took place in the past. 25. Laura repaired her glasses because her brother ..... them. (to break) A) Had broke. B) Had broken. C) Has broken. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had broken. ← 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