Past Perfect Tense Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 3
1. Which sentence uses the past perfect tense correctly?.
A) When I drove away from my driving test, I had crashed straight into another car!.
B) I had only just driven away from my driving test when I crashed straight into another car.
2. It was the first time that he _____ me for lunch.
A) Had invited.
B) Has invited.
C) Invited.
D) Not invited.
E) Was invite.
3. Sam _____ (to drive) a car for five hours now.
A) Have been driven.
B) Is driving.
C) Has bee driving.
D) Has been driving.
4. She had not _____ any English before she took private courses.
A) Known.
B) Knows.
5. I couldn't eat much dinner last night because I _____ such a big lunch.
A) Had eaten.
B) Had ate.
C) Had eat.
D) None of above.
6. I (to be) _____ very tired because I (to study) _____ too much.
A) Was-had studied.
B) Was-had studies.
C) Was-had study.
D) None of above.
7. Dad explained _____ his job due to stress.
A) Why he quote.
B) That he'd quite.
C) Why he quitted.
D) That he had quit.
8. He _____ (play) tennis for 4 hours when he broke his leg.
A) Had played.
B) Had been playing.
9. How many times _____ the clothes before the fault occured?.
A) Had you worn.
B) You had worn.
10. Alice said that she _____ (eat) her breakfast.
A) Has eaten.
B) Eaten.
C) Have eaten.
D) Had eaten.
11. He _____ (swim) for 15 minutes when he understood he had lost his swimsuit.
A) Had been swimming.
B) Had swum.
12. Which past perfect expresses conditional statement?.
A) If we had called ahead, we would not have waited.
B) We wished we had brought our dog on vacation.
C) The child had wondered how many stars were in the sky.
D) They had forgotten the answer until the teacher reminded them.
13. What is the correct formation of past perfect tense?a) had + past participleb) have + past participlec) has + past participled) had + present participle.
A) Had + past participle.
B) Have + past participle.
C) Has + past participle.
D) Had + present participle.
14. I _____ off the lights when the telephone rang.
A) Have turned.
B) Had turned.
C) Had turn.
D) Have turned.
15. Mr Lewis was really angry because he _____ at the hospital for over 2 hours.
A) Had been waiting.
B) Waited.
C) Has been waiting.
D) Was waiting.
16. 4-He _____ eat his lunch until his father had returned home.
A) Didn't.
B) Doesn't.
C) Don't.
D) None of above.
17. On her first day at the driving school, we _____ very nervous because we _____ a car before.
A) Had been / didn't drive.
B) Were / hadn't driven.
18. Identify the verb in past perfect tense in the following sentence:She had already eaten dinner when I arrived.
A) Had already.
B) Had eaten.
C) When I arrived.
D) Eaten dinner.
19. He _____ gone.
A) Has.
B) Had.
C) Having.
D) Is having.
E) Have.
20. They had _____ it.
A) Is eating.
B) Eaten.
C) Eat.
D) Was eating.
E) Eats.
21. What do we need to add to the main verb in the Past perfect continuous tense?.
A) -s.
B) -ing.
C) -ed.
D) -is.
22. Alisia _____ been on the rooftop when her twin sister looked for her.
A) Has.
B) Had.
C) Was.
D) Have.
23. Will is an example of a time word associated with the past perfect tense.
A) False.
B) True.
24. After the gardener (sweep) up the leaves, he (burn) them.
A) Swept, had burnt.
B) Had swept, burnt.
25. My brother _____ (eat) all of the cake that our mom _____ (make).
A) Ate-had made .
B) Eaten-made.
C) Had eaten-made.
D) None of above.