Past Perfect Tense Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 1
1. After the man _____ home, he _____ the cat.
A) Had come / fed.
B) Came / had fed.
2. When I _____ the new teacher, I was so surprised. I _____ his class before!.
A) Had met, took.
B) Had taken, met.
C) Met, had taken.
D) Took, had met.
3. I (finish) _____ my homework before I went to bed.
A) Had finished.
B) Had finish.
C) Have finished.
D) None of above.
4. Before Alin went to sleep, he had _____ his family.
A) Called.
B) Is calling.
C) Calling.
D) Had called.
5. Dad explained _____ his job due to stress.
A) That he had quit.
B) Why he quitted.
C) That he'd quite.
D) None of above.
6. We were not able to get a hotel room because we had not _____ in advance.
A) Is booking.
B) Booked.
C) Will book.
D) Were booking.
E) Was booking.
7. My sister washed up the plates after she _____ (have) her lunch.
A) Had have.
B) Had has.
C) Had.
D) Had had.
8. PAST PERFECT TENSE TELLS US SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE PAST _____ ANOTHER THING HAPPENED.
A) BEFORE.
B) SINCE.
C) FOR.
D) AFTER.
9. By the time the firemen _____ , the fire had destroyed many huts.
A) Arrived.
B) Arrive.
C) Had arrived.
D) Has arrived.
10. When Anna won the Grand Siam in 2001, she _____ tennis for only six years.
A) Had been playing .
B) Played.
C) Was playing.
D) None of above.
11. Maria felt terrible during the interview because she _____ from flu since the previous day.
A) Had been suffering.
B) Suffered.
C) Had suffered.
D) None of above.
12. Susan was late. By the time she got to school, the class _____ already.
A) Had started.
B) Was starting.
C) Have started.
D) Starts.
13. I _____ anything since this morning.
A) Have not eat.
B) Had not eat.
C) Has not eaten.
D) Had not eaten.
14. The cat hid under the chair because the children _____ so loud. (to be).
A) Had been.
B) Has been.
C) Have been.
D) None of above.
15. Su Lee _____ in Hong Kong before she went to Canada.
A) Had live.
B) Has lived.
C) Had lived.
D) Has lives.
16. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense! She had _____ in China before she went to Thailand.
A) Live.
B) Lives.
C) Living.
D) Lived.
17. You _____ not left yet.
A) 'd.
B) Would.
C) Would had.
D) None of above.
18. By the time I _____ (return) home, he had already left.
A) Have returned.
B) Had returned.
C) Return.
D) Returned.
19. The past perfect consists of two verbs:helping verb (had) and main verb (past participle).
A) False.
B) True.
20. After the thunderstorm (stop) _____ we left the shelter.
A) Had been stopping.
B) Had stopped.
21. The train had left. The question form of this sentence is _____ .
A) Had the train left?.
B) Have the train had left?.
C) Had the train leave?.
D) Had the train had left?.
22. We had been dancing for ten minutes when the light _____ out.
A) Had gone.
B) Went.
23. I didn't have to buy groceries because _____ .
A) He had lost his old one.
B) I had gone shopping the day before.
C) He had watched a super market closed.
D) I had goes shopping the day before.
24. They had ridden their bikes before they _____ their friends.
A) Meet.
B) Met.
C) Is meeting.
D) Will meet.
25. When I arrived at the cinema, the film _____ .
A) Has started.
B) Had started.
C) Had start.
D) Started.