This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Perfect – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Perfect Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. William edward boing ..... Boeing Company in 15th July, 1916 A) Has built. B) Built. C) Building. D) Had been build. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Built. 2. You ..... (find) my compass before I knew it was lost! Thanks a lot. A) Have found. B) Had found. C) Found. D) Had finding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had found. 3. When James ..... to ring us, we ..... house. A) Tried / had left already. B) Tried / had already left. C) Had already tried / left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tried / had already left. 4. When do we use which tense?To talk about an action in the past (without any consequences in the present), we use ..... A) Simple Past. B) Present Perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Past. 5. I ..... to school by bus yesterday. A) Have gone. B) Go. C) Went. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 6. She ..... the floor last month. A) Cleaned. B) Has cleaned. C) Has clean. D) Clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cleaned. 7. My stomach was making funny noises because I ..... enough for breakfast this morning. A) Didn't have. B) Hadn't had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't had. 8. Uncle David ..... to the doctor after he had been ill for a month A) Had gone. B) Went. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 9. The driver ..... his car three times this year. A) Crashed. B) Has crashed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has crashed. 10. 'so far' is a signal word for ..... A) SImple Past. B) Present Perfect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Perfect. 11. I (finish) ..... my homework yesterday. A) Finished. B) Had finished. C) Finish. D) Have finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 12. I hardly ( finish) my lunch when he (come). A) Had finished, came. B) Finished, had come. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had finished, came. 13. Lindsey ..... (watch) the movie in the theater before she saw it on TV. A) Have watched. B) Had watched. C) Watched. D) Had wacthing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had watched. 14. She (fly) He (fly) A) She had flown to Paris before he flew there. B) She had flew to Paris before he flown there. C) She have flown to Paris before he flew there. D) She had flown to Paris, he flew there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had flown to Paris before he flew there. 15. I ..... to the shop to buy the shirt I ..... the day before. A) Had gone/ saw. B) Went/ had seen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went/ had seen. 16. They ..... in Boston for ten years before moving here. A) Have lived. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 17. Their parents ..... until their daughter ..... A) Didn't relax / didn't phone. B) Didn't relax / phoned. C) Didn't relax / had phoned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't relax / phoned. 18. I ..... the book, but still don't get it. A) Have re-read. B) Re-read. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have re-read. 19. When I ..... into the house, I realized that someone ..... my TV! A) Had got/ stole. B) Got/ had stolen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got/ had stolen. 20. I (not / see) that movie before it won the award. A) Did not saw. B) Have not seened. C) Was not seeing. D) Had not seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had not seen. 21. She ..... poems all her life. A) Has read. B) Has readed. C) Read. D) Readed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has read. 22. My mom (come back) We (clean) A) We had cleaned the house before my mom came back. B) We have cleaned the house before my mom comes back. C) We had cleaned the house before my mom come back. D) We had cleaned the house, my mom came back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We had cleaned the house before my mom came back. 23. Susana ..... (TURN ON) the radio after she ..... (WASH) the dishes. A) Turned on-had washed. B) Had turned on-had washed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turned on-had washed. 24. Dad washed the dishes himself ..... he had had dinner. A) And. B) After. C) While. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 25. Select simple past A) I have graduated from college. B) I graduated from college. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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