Past Perfect Tense Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 23
1. S + had + past participle is the formula of _____ .
A) Simple present.
B) Simple past.
C) Present perfect.
D) Past perfect.
2. Joshua and I had bought the tickets long before they _____ the concert.
A) Canceled.
B) Cancels.
C) Had canceled.
D) Will cancel.
3. After she _____ ( go ) out, a stranger _____ ( come ) to see her.
A) Had gone _____ came.
B) Have goes _____ coming.
C) Have gone _____ came.
D) None of above.
4. Choose the correct form for each questions. I. Had Helmey not joined the Google Meet before it started?.
A) Had + not + past participle + subject.
B) Had + subject + past participle.
C) Had + subject + not + past participle.
D) Had + past participle + subject.
5. Our teachers _____ some explanations in PPT as the material before they teached us.
A) Has record.
B) Recorded.
C) Had recorded.
D) Records.
6. By the time the ship reached the island, more then twenty sailors _____ .
A) Had died .
B) Died.
C) Dies.
D) None of above.
7. Dio _____ (not/operate) his phone when he used his laptop to learn.
A) Operated.
B) Had not operated.
C) Was operating.
D) Don't operate.
8. Jill _____ Dad at work before she _____ for her trip.
A) Phoned / had left.
B) Had phoned / left.
9. The rain (stop) when I (wake) up.
A) Had stopped, woke.
B) Stopped, had waken.
10. Noura left the restaurant after she _____ eating.
A) Have finish.
B) Had have finished.
C) Has finished.
D) Had finished.
11. Timmy _____ us the sign by the time the fireworks was launched. That's why we didn't get the camera ready.
A) Had given.
B) Has not given.
C) Has given.
D) Had not given.
12. Carlos _____ all day, so he had a headache.
A) Has been working.
B) Had been working.
C) Had worked.
D) Was working.
13. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense! When we had _____ dinner, we went out.
A) Finish.
B) Finished.
C) Finishes.
D) Finishing.
14. The storm destroyed the building that we _____ last year.
A) Have built.
B) Building.
C) Had built.
D) Has build.
15. We _____ the game before Jim showed up.
A) Have finished.
B) Are finishing.
C) Finish.
D) Had finished.
16. _____ Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?.
A) Have.
B) Is.
C) Has.
D) Had.
E) Was.
17. Somehow you _____ been my best friend before you moved out of town.
A) Were.
B) Have.
C) Had.
D) Has.
18. When we got to the station the train _____ .
A) Have left.
B) Had leave.
C) Has left.
D) Had left.
19. I finally reached my teacher. I _____ her all day.
A) Had been calling.
B) Had called.
C) Had been called.
D) Called.
20. Sarah thought she _____ to that zoo before.
A) Had be.
B) Has been.
C) Had.
D) Had been.
21. Unscramble the following sentence:breakfast / before / had / came / here / you / had / here /?.
A) Had you had breakfast before you came here?.
B) Before you came here did you have breakfast?.
C) Had you breakfast before you had came here?.
D) None of above.
22. My sister washed up the plates after she _____ (have) her lunch.
A) Have.
B) Had had.
C) Have had.
D) Has had.
23. Give an example of using the past perfect tense in a sentence.
A) She had already eaten dinner when I arrived.
B) She already ate dinner when I arrived.
C) She is already eating dinner when I arrived.
D) She will have already eaten dinner when I arrived.
24. What is the best answer for the following question? Tommy, what's going on? What are you looking for?.
A) I lost the key that my mom had given to me.
B) I went downstairs because I had heard a noise.
C) I hadn't played tennis before.
D) None of above.
25. Which word completes the sentence? We _____ been out long when it started to rain.
A) Didn't.
B) Hadn't.
C) Weren't.
D) Had.