This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. By the time the train ..... (arrive) ..... we ..... (buy) the tickets. A) Had arrived/bought. B) Arrived/bought. C) Arrived/had bought. D) Had arrived/had bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived/had bought. 2. It ..... hot these days A) Have been. B) Has been. C) Has being. D) Have be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been. 3. Fill in the gap with the correct form of the verb in past perfect:They ..... (to not turn off) the sprinklers so I got soaked when I ran back to my car. A) Hadn't turn off. B) Hadn't turning off. C) Haven't turned off. D) Hadn't turned off. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hadn't turned off. 4. What is the form of past perfect? A) Has + V (pp). B) Had + V(pp). C) Have + been + V (ing). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had + V(pp). 5. After Eric ..... (to make) breakfast he ..... (to phone) his friend. A) Had made, phoned. B) Made, phoned. C) Made, had phoned. D) Had made, had phoned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had made, phoned. 6. Identify the past perfect tense verb phrase.Before the Spanish came to the Americas, people in Europe had not known about tomatoes, potatoes, squash, or corn. A) Before the Spanish. B) Came. C) Had not known. D) Had known. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had known. 7. Fill in the gap with the correct form of the verb in past perfect:I ..... (to not notice) the red sock in the machine before I put my washing in and it turned all of the white towels pink! A) Hadn't notices. B) Hadn't noticed. C) Hadn't notice. D) Haven't noticed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't noticed. 8. Identify the past perfect tense verb phrase.According to legend, after the Chinese emperor had ordered the boiling of water for health reasons, some tea leaves fell into the hot water by accident and he enjoyed the flavor. A) According to legend. B) Had ordered. C) Boiling of water. D) Enjoyed the flavor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had ordered. 9. They ..... (see) the movie before it was released. A) Had saw. B) Had seen. C) Seen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had seen. 10. You use the past perfect tense to indicate an action that happened after another past action. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. They were excited because the concert ..... (start) an hour ago. A) Has started. B) Had started. C) Started. D) Had start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had started. 12. After Gaby had taken a bath, she ..... fresh A) Feel. B) Feels. C) Felt. D) Had felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Felt. 13. True or False:The past perfect tense can be used to describe future actions. A) False. B) The past perfect tense can describe ongoing actions. C) True. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 14. Identify the past perfect tense verb phrase.By 100 AD the Chinese had formed rice and wheat into noodles for ease in eating. A) Had formed. B) By 100 AD. C) Into noodles. D) For ease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had formed. 15. True or False:The past perfect tense is used to describe an action completed before another action in the past. A) True. B) False:The past perfect tense is used to describe a future action that will happen before another future action. C) False:The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that is currently happening. D) False:The past perfect tense is used to describe an action completed after another action in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. I ..... (have) a headache last night. A) Have. B) Have had. C) Had. D) Had had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 17. What is the past participle form of break? A) Breaked. B) Broke. C) Broken. D) Broked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken. 18. Complete the sentence with the past perfect form of the verb in parenthesis.After we ..... (eat) all of the treats, we decided to make another batch. A) Eat. B) Have eaten. C) Will eat. D) Had eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had eaten. 19. When dad ..... (leave) home he ..... (forget) to lock the back door. A) Left/forgot. B) Left/had forgotten. C) Had left/had forgotten. D) Had left /forgot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left/forgot. 20. Choose the correct sentence using past perfect tense: A) She had saw the movie before, so she knew the ending. B) She saw the movie before, so she knew the ending. C) She had seen the movie before, so she knew the ending. D) She has seen the movie before, so she knew the ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had seen the movie before, so she knew the ending. 21. After she ..... me with the housework, she went to meet her friends. A) Helped. B) Had helped. C) Have helped. D) Was helping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had helped. 22. My eyes were hurting because I ..... at the computer screen all day. A) Had been staring. B) Had stared. C) Have stared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been staring. 23. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:The children (collect) ..... the chestnuts that (fall) ..... from the tree, A) Had fallen, collected. B) Collected, had fallen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collected, had fallen. 24. Choose the correct verb form:She (had, has, have) already left when I arrived. A) Will. B) Had. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 25. SUPPLY THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSE VERB:When I (arrive) ..... at the cinema, the film (start) ..... A) Had started, arrived. B) Arrived, had started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived, had started. ← 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