Past Perfect Tense Quiz 30 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 30
1. The train _____ when I arrived at the railway station.
A) Has leave.
B) Had left.
C) Have left.
D) Has left.
2. By the time the bell _____ , I _____ the test.
A) Rang/was finished.
B) Rings/was finishing.
C) Had rung/had finished.
D) Rang/had finished.
3. Which past perfect shows dissatisfaction with the past?.
A) We wished we had brought our dog on vacation.
B) The child had wondered how many stars were in the sky.
C) If we had called ahead, we would not have waited.
D) They had forgotten the answer until the teacher reminded them.
4. Kevin failed his exam because _____ .
A) He hadn't studied at all.
B) He had watched tv.
C) He had spent all his money.
D) He had not study.
E) He had studied a lot.
5. No one (publish) _____ a copy of the piece before.
A) Had published.
B) Published.
C) Publishing.
D) None of above.
6. The house was quiet when Andrew got home. Everyone _____ to bed several hours earlier.
A) Have gone.
B) Were going.
C) Going.
D) Had gone.
7. The PAST perfect is formed by _____ .
A) AM/ IS/ ARE + PAST PARTICIPLE.
B) HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE.
C) AM / IS / ARE + V-ING.
D) HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE.
8. Which verb is irregular in past perfect tense?.
A) Have.
B) Do.
C) Go.
D) Be.
9. The student _____ her disposable lunch box in the garbage can by the time the bell rang.
A) Had been dropped.
B) Had dropped.
10. I _____ such a beautiful sunset before I went to the island.
A) Had never seen.
B) Has never seen.
C) Haven't seen.
D) None of above.
11. We _____ finished eating dinner.
A) 's had not.
B) Not had.
C) 'd had not.
D) Had not.
12. When he _____ (get) home, he _____ (discover) that his little brother _____ (eat) all the chocolates.
A) Got, discovered, had eaten.
B) Had gotten, had discovered, had eaten.
C) Got, had discovered, had eaten.
D) Had gotten, discovered, had eaten.
13. What is the sentence structure of the Past Perfect Tense?.
A) Had+ Subject +V.3.
B) Subject + had + V.3.
C) Subject+ had not + V.3.
D) Subject + V.2.
14. Bill and Jane were very tired because they _____ on stage for hours.
A) Had been dancing.
B) Have danced.
C) Dance.
D) Were dancing.
15. The lights went off because we _____ (not pay) the electricity bill.
A) Not yet pay.
B) Had not payed.
C) Had not paid.
D) Not paid.
16. Write the past perfect tense of the verb in parentheses on the line. I already (eat) _____ by the time the guests came.
A) Had eaten .
B) Eat.
C) Eaten.
D) None of above.
17. Write the past perfect tense of the verb in parentheses on the line. You (promise) _____ to walk through the woods with me.
A) Had promised.
B) Promised.
C) Promise.
D) None of above.
18. I could not remember the poem we _____ the week before.
A) Are learning.
B) Will learn.
C) Had learnt.
D) Learn.
19. Kenneth bawled after he _____ the terrible news.
A) Had received.
B) Has received.
C) Receives.
D) Received.
20. _____ the water _____ when you went to the kitchen?.
A) Had-boil.
B) Had-boiled.
C) Had-boiling.
D) Had-been boiling.
21. The reporter _____ the cameraman to get ready when the president walked into the room.
A) Telled.
B) Hasn't told.
C) Hadn't told.
D) Wasn't told.
22. Yesterday, everybody complained about the homework because we _____ never _____ something like that before.
A) Hadn't done.
B) Have, do.
C) Had, do.
D) Had, done.
23. When we went to Osaka, my friend _____ a lot about the city because she _____ there many times.
A) Had known, was.
B) Had been, knew.
C) Was, had known.
D) Knew, had been.
24. The billionaire _____ invested in United nation food programme.
A) Had.
B) Has.
C) Have.
D) None of above.
25. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence in past perfect tense! He had _____ her before somewhere.
A) Meet.
B) Meeting.
C) Meeted.
D) Met.