Past Perfect Tense Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 28
1. What is the formation of the past perfect tense?.
A) Have + past participle.
B) Was + past participle.
C) Had + past participle.
D) Has + past participle.
2. THE STUDENTS _____ ( ENTER) THE CLASS AND THEN SAT ON THEIR SEATS YESTERDAY.
A) HAS ENTERED.
B) ENTERED.
C) HAVE ENTERED.
D) HAD ENTERED.
3. I did not have any money because I _____ lost my wallet.
A) Was.
B) Have.
C) Has.
D) Will.
E) Had.
4. The secretary _____ the letter before the boss arrived.
A) Had already typed.
B) Had all ready typed.
C) Had already been typed.
D) Was typed.
5. The bell _____ (already ring) when the bus _____ (arrive) at school.
A) Has already rung, arrived.
B) Had already rang, arrived.
C) Have already rung, arrived.
D) Had already rung, arrived.
6. Karin and Rania were late for the plane because they _____ (forget) their passport.
A) Had forgotten.
B) Forgot.
C) Forgotten.
D) Has forgotten.
7. I _____ (save) my document before my computer completely burned itself.
A) Could saved.
B) Had saved.
C) Have saved.
D) Saved.
8. We _____ already (start) cooking.
A) Have been already starting.
B) Already started.
C) Have already start.
D) Had already started.
9. Which sentence has a similar meaning? Someone stole my phone. Then I found my bag and the phone was not there.
A) When I found my bag, I noticed that someone had stolen my phone. .
B) When I found my bag, I had noticed that someone had stolen my phone.
C) When I found my bag, I had noticed that someone stole my phone.
D) None of above.
10. John had prepared the dinner when _____ .
A) His wife had gotten home from work.
B) His wife getted home from work.
C) His wife got home from work.
D) His gets home from work.
11. True or False:The past perfect tense is used to express an action that happened before another action in the past.
A) The past perfect tense is used to express an action that will happen in the future.
B) True.
C) False.
D) The past perfect tense is used to express an action that happened at the same time as another action in the past.
12. My father hadn't come when my mother went to the market.
A) My father had not come when my mother went to the market.
B) My father had not came when my mother go to the market.
C) My father had not came when my mother went to the market.
D) None of above.
13. After she _____ (move) out, I _____ (find) her notes.
A) Had moved-found.
B) Moved-had found.
C) Move-had found.
D) None of above.
14. I had to have a break. I _____ so long.
A) Had been driving.
B) Drove.
15. My friends _____ letters to their parents before they went on vacations alone.
A) Had written.
B) Has written.
C) Had write.
D) Had wrote.
16. I _____ my document before the power went out in the computer lab.
A) Have saved.
B) Saved.
C) Had save.
D) Had saved.
17. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense! Julie didn't arrive until after I had _____ .
A) Leaving.
B) Leaves.
C) Left.
D) Leaved.
18. I was panic, it _____ (not/stop) to until my mom came and huge me.
A) Was not stopping.
B) Don't stop.
C) Had not stopped.
D) Stop.
19. We _____ for the bus for 2 hours before it _____ at the station.
A) Waited/ had been arriving.
B) Had been waiting/ arrived.
20. In the sentence 'She had already finished her homework before the party started.', what is the verb in the past perfect tense?.
A) Finished her.
B) Before the party.
C) Had finished.
D) Had started.
21. All past perfect sentences must have some version of the word _____ in past tense.
A) Have.
B) Until.
C) Is.
D) The.
22. He _____ at a table by the window where he had a meal with Jane.
A) Has sit.
B) Had sit.
C) Has sat.
D) Had sat.
23. He had _____ 3 plates of fried rice.
A) Eaten .
B) Eat.
C) Ate.
D) None of above.
24. She knew that Liberty statue _____ (build) in 1886.
A) Had been built.
B) Had been build.
C) Had build.
D) None of above.
25. Give an example of using past perfect tense in a negative sentence.
A) She did not finish her homework before the teacher arrived.
B) She has not finished her homework before the teacher arrived.
C) She had finished her homework before the teacher arrived.
D) She had not finished her homework before the teacher arrived.