Past Perfect Tense Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 16
1. The grass was yellow because it (not/rain) all summer.
A) Hadn't rained.
B) Not rained.
C) Haven't rain.
D) Wasn't rain.
2. THE FORMULA OF PAST PERFECT TENSE IS _____ S + _____ + V-3.
A) HAD.
B) HAS.
C) HAVING.
D) HAVE.
3. He _____ be at Dana's house. He told me that he wanted to talk to him.
A) Might.
B) Must.
C) Could.
D) Can't.
4. What is the negative form of the sentence 'I had seen that movie before.'?.
A) I don't see that movie before.
B) I hadn't seen that movie before.
C) I haven't seen that movie before.
D) I didn't see that movie before.
5. MOTHER _____ (NOT-BUY) HER NEW DRESS.(PAST PERFECT).
A) HAS NOT BOUGHT.
B) DOES NOT BUY.
C) DID NOT BUY.
D) HAD NOT BOUGHT.
6. I told her to bring some food but she _____ with her bare hands.
A) Had come.
B) Has come.
C) Had came.
D) Has came.
7. Nowadays, people _____ travel very easily all over Europe.
A) May not.
B) Could not.
C) Are.
D) Can.
8. _____ breakfast when you got up?.
A) Had James already cooked.
B) Did James already cook.
9. She _____ a video after the children _____ to bed.
A) Had watched / went.
B) Watched / had gone.
10. He refused to tell us where he _____ the bag.
A) Had hidden.
B) Was hiding.
C) Hid.
D) Has hidden.
11. I _____ to that song before it became popular.
A) Has listen.
B) Had listen.
C) Had listened.
D) Has listened.
12. He had _____ to the hospital to visit his friend.
A) Gone.
B) Goes.
C) Go.
D) Went.
13. She _____ met her until that day.
A) Hadn't.
B) Isn't.
14. Write the past perfect tense of the verb in parentheses on the line. Rudy never (see) _____ a bear before.
A) Had seen.
B) Saw.
C) See.
D) None of above.
15. No way!That _____ be Mr Roberts.He's not old enough.
A) Can't .
B) Mustn't.
C) May not.
D) None of above.
16. What had they _____ that made him so angry?.
A) Say what _____.
B) Saying.
C) Said.
D) Say.
17. 5-When he _____ the train station, the train left.There is no time left between the two actions.
A) Reached .
B) Reach.
C) Reaches.
D) None of above.
18. COMPLETE THE QUESTION IN PAST PERFECT TENSE!(What / Bob/ do) _____ that he was kept in after school?.
A) What does Bob do.
B) What have Bob done.
C) What did Bob do.
D) What had Bob done.
19. They _____ (not read) a science book in library.
A) Had been not read .
B) Had not been read.
C) Had not read.
D) None of above.
20. Complete the sentence:She had left work when I _____ .
A) Arrived.
B) Arrive.
21. When the firemen arrived, the house _____ down.
A) Already burnt.
B) Had already burnt.
C) Has already burnt.
D) Was already burnt.
22. She was excited because she _____ (plan) her trip to Italy.
A) Had been planning.
B) Had plan.
C) Had planning.
D) None of above.
23. Susan _____ the report before her boss requested it.
A) Has already been printed.
B) Already printed.
C) Had already printed.
D) Has already printed.
24. What tense is used for events that occur first and end first?.
A) Present Perfect Tense.
B) Present Simple Tense.
C) Past Perfect Tense.
D) Past Simple Tense.
25. Amp _____ sushi before she _____ to Japan.
A) Came, had never eaten.
B) Never ate, had come.
C) Had never eaten, came.
D) Had come, never ate.