This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 41 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Before the police arrived, the thief ..... (got) away A) Had gotten. B) Have been getting. C) Was getting. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had gotten. 2. The children have swum in the pool ..... nine o'clock. A) At. B) For. C) Already. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since. 3. La estructura del Presente Perfecto afirmativo es: A) Subj. + had + verb in past participle + comp. B) Subj. + has/have + verb in past participle + comp. C) Subj. + hadn't + verb in past participle + comp. D) Subj. + hasn't/haven't + verb in past participle + comp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subj. + has/have + verb in past participle + comp. 4. Before they started the party, they ..... some friends. A) Invited. B) Have invited. C) Had invited. D) Did invite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had invited. 5. When Adi switched on the television, her favourite channel ..... just ..... A) Had, ended. B) Have, ended. C) Is, ended. D) Was, ended. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had, ended. 6. Before you mentioned him, I ..... of that name A) Had never heard. B) Never had heard. C) Have never been heard. D) Never heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had never heard. 7. True or False:The sentence 'By the time we arrived, the train had left' uses the past perfect tense correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. By the time we reached the station, the train ..... (leave). A) Leaves. B) Had left. C) Has left. D) Had leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had left. 9. I ..... (fail) the test because I hadn't studied enough. A) Had failed. B) Failed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Failed. 10. Which word best completes this sentence using past perfect tense? He couldn't find his keys because he ..... them in the car. A) Left. B) Was leaving. C) Had left. D) Has left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had left. 11. Billy worked overnight because he ..... his homework. A) Did not finished. B) Had not finished. C) Finished. D) Had finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had not finished. 12. She ..... (not / eat) anything because she ..... (already / have) lunch. A) Didn't eat / already had. B) Hadn't eaten / had already. C) Hadn't eaten / already had. D) Didn't eat / had already. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't eaten / already had. 13. Until 2009 I ..... (study) in Menai College. A) Studying. B) Studyed. C) Studied. D) Had studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had studied. 14. PAST PARTICIPLE OF LOSE A) LOSER. B) LOOSE. C) LOST. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) LOST. 15. Which of the following forms the past perfect tense? A) HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE. B) HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE. C) WAS + PAST PARTICIPLE. D) IS + PAST PARTICIPLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE. 16. In recent times, people had/have had more contact with their friends through email and mobile phones than they did in the past. A) Had. B) Have had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have had. 17. Before she went to bed, Sarah ..... (finish) her homework. A) Finished. B) Had finished. C) Finishes. D) Had finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 18. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:The thief (break) ..... into our house before we returned. A) Had broken. B) Has broken. C) Have broken. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had broken. 19. Where ..... you ..... the presents? I cannot find them at all. A) Has hidden. B) Had hidden. C) Have hid. D) Have hidden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have hidden. 20. Chris and Charles have studied for this test ..... two weeks. A) Since. B) At. C) Just. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For. 21. Which sentence uses the past perfect tense? A) I will go to the store. B) I had gone to the store before it closed. C) I am going to the store. A) B) I had gone to the store before it closed. B) I will have gone to the store. C) I go to the store every week. D) I had gone to the store yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B) I had gone to the store before it closed. 22. Tom ..... smoking after his doctor advised him. A) Quit. B) Quitted. C) Had quitted. D) Had been quitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had quitted. 23. Two years ago we ..... (be) in Thailand. A) Are. B) Were. C) Was. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 24. What does the past perfect tense indicate in a sentence? A) An action that occurred at the same time as another action in the past. B) An action that occurred before another action in the past. C) An action in progress in the past. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An action that occurred before another action in the past. 25. I was more than happy to see Tom again because I ..... him for ages. A) Didn't see. B) Saw. C) Hadn't saw. D) Hadn't seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't 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