This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Perfect Tense Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Kenneth bawled after he ..... the terrible news. A) Received. B) Receives. C) Has received. D) Had received. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had received. 2. Read the short conversation. Which is the most appropriate response for Ben? Mom:'Had you cleaned your room before you left?' Ben:' ..... , I did it right after breakfast.' A) Yes, I have. B) Yes, I did. C) Yes, I had. D) Yes, I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, I had. 3. Before the students ..... the test they ..... off their mobiles. (to start/to switch) A) Starts, switches. B) Started, switched. C) Started, had switched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started, had switched. 4. Complete the sentence:When I arrived at the cinema ..... A) The movie will start. B) The movie is starting. C) The movie had started. D) The movie has started. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The movie had started. 5. Complete the sentence:After she ..... her chores, she watched a movie. A) Had finished. B) Finishes. C) Has finished. D) Was finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished. 6. Complete the sentence:Before the party started, we ..... the living room. A) Had decorated. B) Have decorated. C) Did decorate. D) Had decorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had decorated. 7. Complete the sentence:She couldn't log into her account because she ..... her password. A) Had forgot. B) Has forgotten. C) Had forgotten. D) Did forget. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had forgotten. 8. Complete the sentence:She had left work when I ..... A) Arrive. B) Arrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived. 9. Complete the sentence:The team was disappointed because they ..... the championship game. A) Lose. B) Have lost. C) Had lost. D) Losing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had lost. 10. We use past perfect simple to describe a past event which happens before another event in the past. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 11. I did not have any money because I ..... lost my wallet. A) Have. B) Has. C) Was. D) Will. E) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had. 12. The government ..... the shelter before the second flood ..... the whole village. A) Had made-hitted. B) Made-hit. C) Had made-hit. D) Made-had hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had made-hit. 13. True or False:To make the sequence of events clearer, the sentence 'I finished my drawing, then the bell rang' can be rewritten as 'I had finished my drawing when the bell rang.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. She ..... (just go) out when I ..... (call) at her house. A) Had just went, had called. B) Had just went, had called. C) Had just gone, called. D) Had just gone, had called. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had just gone, called. 15. Before we went to the concert, we ..... (buy) the tickets online. A) Had bought. B) Bought. C) Were buying. D) Have bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had bought. 16. By the time the teacher arrived, the students ..... their assignment. A) Had completed. B) Completed. C) Completing. D) Complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had completed. 17. My dad ..... to Rome before he took the whole family there. A) Has traveled. B) Has travel. C) Had traveled. D) Had travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had traveled. 18. True or False:The sentence 'He had already left when I arrived' is in the past perfect tense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. He ..... at a table by the window where he had a meal with Jane. A) Had sit. B) Has sat. C) Had sat. D) Has sit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had sat. 20. She felt better after she ..... some medicine. A) Had taken. B) Had take. C) Had taking. D) Had took. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had taken. 21. Event 1:My family ate dinner. Event 2:I got home. Which sentence best combines these events to show I missed dinner? A) When I got home, my family ate dinner. B) My family had eaten dinner when I had gotten home. C) By the time I got home, my family had already eaten dinner. D) My family ate dinner, and then I got home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By the time I got home, my family had already eaten dinner. 22. The man who ..... the money two weeks ago confessed last night. A) Stole. B) Steal. C) Had stolen. D) Has stolen. E) Have stolen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had stolen. 23. Read the events:1. The movie started. 2. We bought popcorn. Which sentence best shows that buying popcorn happened *first*? A) The movie started when we had bought popcorn. B) When the movie started, we bought popcorn. C) After we had bought popcorn, the movie started. D) After we bought popcorn, the movie had started. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After we had bought popcorn, the movie started. 24. My grandmother ..... away before I was seventheen. A) Passed. B) Has passed. C) Pass. D) Had passed. E) Has passed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had passed. 25. To make the past perfect tense, what two things do you need? A) The verb 'had' + the past participle of the main verb. B) The verb 'has' + the past participle of the main verb. C) The verb 'was' + the main verb with an-ing ending. D) The verb 'had' + the present tense form of the main verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The verb 'had' + the past participle of the main verb. ← 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 8Past Perfect Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books