Past Perfect Tense Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 12
1. Michelle _____ downtown yesterday.
A) Have walked.
B) Has walked.
C) Had waked.
D) Had walked.
2. We _____ the room before our friends _____ to our house.
A) Had cleaned / got.
B) Cleaned / had got.
3. The blue car _____ the street after the lights _____ red.
A) Crossed / had turned.
B) Had crossed / turned.
4. Fill in the Blank with the past verb that is in parenthesis:My friends _____ (watch) the movie before I arrived.
A) Had watched.
B) Had watching.
C) Had watch.
D) None of above.
5. I _____ my homework before my parents knew it.
A) Had did.
B) Has done.
C) Had done.
D) Had do.
6. Which words are examples of time words associated with the past perfect tense? (select all that apply).
A) Now.
B) After.
7. Just before I (leave) the country, I (send) a cable to him.
A) Had left, sent.
B) Left, had sent.
8. Chuck _____ the house before I called.
A) Had left.
B) Have left.
C) Has left.
D) Left.
9. After Sofie _____ (finish) her work, she _____ (go) to lunch.
A) Had finished-went.
B) Finished-had gone.
C) Had finished-gone.
D) None of above.
10. The kitten _____ behind the cupboard since last night.
A) Have hidden.
B) Had hidden.
C) Has hidden.
D) Hide.
11. Fill in the Blank with the past verb that is in parenthesis:We _____ (practice) math before I started school.
A) Had played.
B) Had practiced.
C) Had practicing.
D) Had practice.
12. After leaving my house, I suddenly _____ (remember) that I _____ (forget) to lock the front door.
A) Remembered, forgot.
B) Had remembered, forgot.
C) Remembered, have forgotten.
D) Remembered, had forgotten.
13. Complete the sentence:The process _____ been finished yet.
A) Have.
B) Had.
C) Has.
D) Had not.
14. It _____ cloudy for days before it finally _____ to rain.
A) Had been / began.
B) Was / had begun.
15. It had begun to rain when I _____ .
A) Was going out.
B) I have gone out.
C) Went out.
D) Had gone out.
16. Which of the following sentences uses the past perfect tense correctly?a) They have arrived yesterday.b) We had already left when she called.c) He will have finished his work tomorrow.d) She is going to the party.
A) D.
B) B.
C) C.
D) A.
17. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense! She told me that she had _____ a lot before the exam.
A) Studying.
B) Studied.
C) Studies.
D) Study.
18. With forgot, remembered, realized and knew, we use past perfect tense.
A) True.
B) False.
19. Who told you about that? It _____ be me. I didn't know about that story.
A) Couldn't.
B) Can't.
C) Must.
D) Might.
20. She _____ (just go) out when I _____ (call) at her house.
A) Had just gone, called.
B) Had just went, had called.
C) Had just went, had called.
D) Had just gone, had called.
21. Which sentence has a similar meaning? The film started. Then we arrived at the cinema.
A) When we arrived at the cinema, the film had already started. .
B) When we had arrived at the cinema, the film started.
C) When we had arrived at the cinema, the film had started.
D) None of above.
22. Last week, our teacher gave back the essays we _____ the week before.
A) Had written .
B) Had wrote.
C) Had write.
D) None of above.
23. He _____ Spanish before he went to Spain.
A) Learned.
B) Had learned.
C) Has learned.
D) Learning.
24. What is the word used to connect sentences in the Past Perfect Tense?.
A) Before.
B) Big.
C) Slow.
D) Run.
25. Choose two correct answers! When she (to arrive) 1) _____ the match already (to start) 2) _____ .
A) Started.
B) Had arrived.
C) Arrived.