This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 38 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He was very tired because he ..... (not sleep) well. A) Had not slept. B) Had not sleep. C) Had slept. D) Had not slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had not slept. 2. What is the formation of the past perfect tense? A) Had + past participle. B) Was + past participle. C) Have + past participle. D) Has + past participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had + past participle. 3. THE STUDENTS ..... ( ENTER) THE CLASS AND THEN SAT ON THEIR SEATS YESTERDAY A) HAS ENTERED. B) HAVE ENTERED. C) HAD ENTERED. D) ENTERED. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HAD ENTERED. 4. The secretary ..... the letter before the boss arrived. A) Had already typed. B) Had all ready typed. C) Had already been typed. D) Was typed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already typed. 5. Which sentence has a similar meaning? Someone stole my phone. Then I found my bag and the phone was not there. A) When I found my bag, I had noticed that someone had stolen my phone. B) When I found my bag, I had noticed that someone stole my phone. C) When I found my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I found my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. 6. John had prepared the dinner when ..... A) His wife had gotten home from work. B) His gets home from work. C) His wife getted home from work. D) His wife got home from work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His wife got home from work. 7. True or False:The past perfect tense is used to express an action that happened before another action in the past. A) False. B) True. C) The past perfect tense is used to express an action that happened at the same time as another action in the past. D) The past perfect tense is used to express an action that will happen in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. My father hadn't come when my mother went to the market A) My father had not came when my mother go to the market. B) My father had not come when my mother went to the market. C) My father had not came when my mother went to the market. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My father had not come when my mother went to the market. 9. I ..... my document before the power went out in the computer lab. A) Had save. B) Have saved. C) Had saved. D) Saved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had saved. 10. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense! Julie didn't arrive until after I had ..... A) Left. B) Leaved. C) Leaves. D) Leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 11. I was panic, it ..... (not/stop) to until my mom came and huge me. A) Stop. B) Don't stop. C) Had not stopped. D) Was not stopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not stopped. 12. In the sentence 'She had already finished her homework before the party started.', what is the verb in the past perfect tense? A) Had started. B) Finished her. C) Had finished. D) Before the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had finished. 13. He had ..... 3 plates of fried rice. A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Eaten. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eaten. 14. She knew that Liberty statue ..... (build) in 1886. A) Had been build. B) Had been built. C) Had build. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been built. 15. Give an example of using past perfect tense in a negative sentence. A) She has not finished her homework before the teacher arrived. B) She had not finished her homework before the teacher arrived. C) She had finished her homework before the teacher arrived. D) She did not finish her homework before the teacher arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She had not finished her homework before the teacher arrived. 16. I worked at ABC company last year.what tense that is used in that sentence? A) Past perfect. B) Simple past. C) Present perfect. D) Present simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple past. 17. We went to a place where I ..... A) Didn't been before. B) Haven't been before. C) Hadn't been before. D) Wasn't before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't been before. 18. If we are highlighting that the action or event in the past perfect tense came before another action or event, this second verb is often (but not always) in the past simple tense. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 19. After Fred ..... his holiday in Italy he ..... to learn Italian. A) Had spent / wanted. B) Spent / had wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had spent / wanted. 20. Before Alin went to sleep, he ..... his family. A) Is calling. B) Calling. C) Called. D) Had called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had called. 21. When I arrived at the station the train ..... (leave). A) Had been living. B) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 22. When we got the theater, show ..... A) Had already started. B) Were started. C) Did starting. D) Has starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had already started. 23. Usually indonesians ..... (eat) rice from their childhood A) Had been eat. B) Had been ate. C) Had been eaten. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been eaten. 24. Tony knew New York so well because he ..... (visit) the city several times. A) Had visited. B) Have been visited. C) Had been visited. D) Has visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had visited. 25. James ..... Spanish before he went to Spain. A) Learned. B) Has learned. C) Had learned. D) Had been learning. 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