Past Perfect Tense Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 21
1. Maya Markowitz _____ to play with Summer but she did not want to touch the ball which Auggie had touched.
A) Had wanted.
B) Wanted.
C) Didn't want.
D) None of above.
2. Mark's face was covered in jam as he _____ strawberry jam sandwich.
A) Was eating.
B) Had been eating .
C) Has been eating.
D) Ate.
3. He told that he _____ all the files in the directory.
A) Had removed.
B) Had been removed.
4. She _____ made me jealous of her achievement.
A) Had.
B) Has.
C) Have.
D) None of above.
5. Mr. Hilman _____ an English teacher before he went to London.
A) Has been.
B) Had.
C) Had been.
D) Have been.
6. I had _____ done such a useful test before I took this one:).
A) Not.
B) None.
7. I could not remember the grammar we _____ the week before.
A) Have learned.
B) Has learned.
C) Had learned.
D) Had learn.
8. She had learned Chinese before she _____ to China.
A) Moved.
B) Had moved.
9. I _____ a blogger before my brother taught me how to post an article.
A) Had not been.
B) Was not been.
C) Have been.
D) Had been.
10. By the end of 1932, they _____ their farm and moved to the city.
A) Had lost already.
B) Had already lost.
C) Lost.
D) Have been losing.
11. Bob had _____ and he got the job.
A) Graduated.
B) Graduates.
C) Graduating.
D) Graduate.
12. The baby _____ before her father came.
A) Cry.
B) Had been crying.
C) Had cried.
D) Cried.
13. Timothy _____ networking courses for two years when he was promoted to be a coach.
A) Could have taken.
B) Had been taking.
C) Have been taking.
D) Had taken.
14. I _____ (not clean) my shoes before I went on a holiday.
A) Have been cleaning.
B) Had not cleaned.
C) Had cleaned.
D) Had not cleanen.
15. The car _____ ten times before it landed on its roof.
A) Flip.
B) Had flipped.
C) Has been flipping out.
D) Has been flipping.
16. The past perfect continuous tense emphasizes _____ .
A) That an event has finished.
B) The duration of one event in the past, before another event interrupted it.
C) Habitual activities in the present.
D) That one event was interrupted by another event in the past.
17. I _____ the art museum.
A) Had visited.
B) Am visiting.
C) Have visited.
D) Is visiting.
18. The little girl was crying because _____ .
A) She had lost her doll.
B) She had forgotten to set the alarm.
C) She hadn't watered them.
D) He hadn't studied at all.
E) She had bought a new doll.
19. They _____ the room before the meeting finished.
A) Has left.
B) Had left.
C) Have left.
D) Had leave.
20. If we want to emphasize that something never happened before a given time, event, or action in the past, we can also place the word never before the verb had. For instance:"Never had I felt so alive.
A) TRUE.
B) FALSE.
21. Everything was white because it (snow).
A) Had been snowing.
B) Had snowed.
22. Which of the following is the correct conjugation of the verb 'to eat' in the past perfect tense for the pronoun 'I'? a) had eat b) had ate c) had eaten d) had eating.
A) Had eating.
B) Had eat.
C) Had eaten.
D) Had ate.
23. You _____ not left yet.
A) Would had.
B) Would never.
C) Would.
D) 'd.
24. If you _____ your money in a bank, it wouldn't have gone.
A) Had been put.
B) Had put.
25. It _____ before.
A) Had happened.
B) Has happened.
C) Have happened.
D) Happened.