This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Perfect – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mary had given me Tony's address before she ..... A) Had left. B) Left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 2. What's the superpower of Mighty Eagle? A) Run. B) Eat. C) Fly. D) Swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fly. 3. When I arrived at school, the lesson ..... A) Had already start. B) Had started already. C) Had already started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had already started. 4. I had ..... Ania for two years before she became my girlfriend. A) Know. B) Knew. C) Known. D) Knowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Known. 5. They ..... a shower after they had finished the game. A) Had taken. B) Took. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 6. He (go) to school late because he (have) some trouble with his stomach. A) Went, had had. B) Had gone, had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went, had had. 7. What is the name of the bird who leads the flock? A) Blue. B) Red. C) Jim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 8. I [clean / just] ..... my house so I can show them around. Now everything is perfect. A) Have just cleaned. B) Just cleaned. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have just cleaned. 9. Lorena had left the house before I ..... (CALL). A) Called. B) Had called. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 10. Which course is Red attending? A) Driving Course. B) Advanced Yoga. C) Anger Management course. D) Bird's Languages Course. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anger Management course. 11. I knew nothing about the movie because nobody ..... me about it. A) Told. B) Had told. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had told. 12. He ..... (NEVER GO) out with a girl before so he was very nervous on his first date. A) Never went. B) Had never gone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had never gone. 13. What is the name of the largest red bird? A) Travis. B) Tomas. C) Terence. D) Billy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terence. 14. When she arrived, we ..... dinner. A) Already finished. B) Had already finished. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already finished. 15. Our exam results ..... (be) much better than we ..... (expect). A) Our exam results had been much better than we had expected. B) Our exam results were much better than we had expected. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Our exam results were much better than we had expected. 16. When I ..... (arrive) it was clear she ..... (work). There were papers all over the floor and books everywhere. A) Arrived/had been working. B) Had been arrived / worked. C) Have arrived/ working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived/had been working. 17. How long ..... in the city before you moved to the countryside? A) Did you live. B) Had you lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had you lived. 18. Why are the birds so angry? A) Humans keep disrupting their habitat. B) The pigs keep stealing their eggs. C) Global warming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The pigs keep stealing their eggs. 19. I can't stand that they ..... his own birthday A) Forgot. B) Forgotten. C) Olvido. D) Forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgot. 20. We ..... (not call) our parents to share the news, so they had no idea about the incident. A) Have not called. B) Had not called. C) Didn't call. D) Had not calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't call. 21. They ..... Thai food last night. A) Ate. B) Eaten. C) Eat. D) Have eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 22. We ..... (thank) the couple for everything they ..... (do) to help save our daughter. A) We had thanked the couple for everything they had done to help save our daughter. B) We thanked the couple for everything they had done to help save our daughter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We thanked the couple for everything they had done to help save our daughter. 23. She ..... just ..... (enter) the room when the door ..... (open) and Jason ..... (enter). A) Had just entered / opened-entered. B) Did just enter / opened-had entered. C) Had just entered/ had opened-entered. D) Had just entered/ opened-had entered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had just entered / opened-entered. 24. When do we use which tense?To emphasise a past action's consequence in the present, we use ..... A) Simple Past. B) Present Perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect. 25. Karina ..... (PHONE) her dad before she ..... (LEAVE) for her trip. A) Phoned, had left. B) Had phoned, left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had phoned, left. Next →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 2Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 3Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 4Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 5Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 6Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 7Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 8Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books