Past Perfect Tense Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 5
1. Choose two correct answers! Jill (to phone) 1) _____ Dad at work before she (to leave) 2) _____ for her trip.
A) Phoned.
B) Had left.
C) Had phoned.
2. Rewrite the following sentence in past perfect tense:'She had already left when I arrived.'.
A) She left before I arrived.
B) She was gone when I arrived.
C) She already left when I arrived.
D) She had already left when I arrived.
3. After Heru _____ Los Angeles, he went to California.
A) Has been visiting.
B) Has been visiting.
C) Was visited.
D) Had visited.
4. After the gardener _____ (sweep) up the leaves, he burnt them.
A) Has swept.
B) Had sweeped.
C) Had swept.
D) Has sweeped.
5. Negative Sentences structure is.
A) Subject + Had + Not + Past Participle + Object.
B) Subject + Had + Past Participle + Object.
C) Had + Subject + Past Participle + Object.
D) None of above.
6. He (not / be) _____ to Cape Town before 1997.
A) Had not been.
B) Had not be.
C) Not been.
D) None of above.
7. We were late for the plane because we _____ (forget) our passports.
A) Had forgot.
B) Had forgetted.
C) Had forgotten.
8. When we (finish) dinner, we went out.
A) Finish.
B) Was finished.
C) Finished.
D) Had finished.
9. After he _____ at the hospital for two years he decided to give up the job.
A) Had work.
B) Have worked.
C) Had worked.
D) Has work.
10. After she _____ (move) out, I _____ (find) her notes.
A) Had moved-finded.
B) Had moved-found.
C) Move-had found.
D) Moved-had found.
11. He couldn't believe his eyes! His father _____ him a new laptop as a birthday gift.
A) Has bought.
B) Had bought.
C) Was bought.
D) Bought.
12. When she (finish) reading the book, she (put) it back on the shelf.
A) Had finished, put.
B) Finished, had put.
C) Had finished, putted.
D) None of above.
13. The girl was crying as she _____ her way.
A) Had lost.
B) Has lost.
C) Was losing.
D) Lost.
14. When we were in elementary school, we _____ (not/learn) past perfect tense before we got English course.
A) Have learnt.
B) Had not learnt.
C) Have not been learnt.
D) Were learning.
15. Anna returned from France, where she _____ French.
A) Had been learning.
B) Learned.
C) Had learned.
D) None of above.
16. After Fred _____ (spend) his holiday in Italy he _____ (want) to learn Italian.
A) Had spent-wanted.
B) Spent-wanted.
C) Spent-had wanted.
D) None of above.
17. Derick was very tired. He _____ at all.
A) Had not sleeping.
B) Had not sleep.
C) Had not be sleep.
D) Had not slept.
18. We ate cherries from the tree that my grandfather _____ .
A) Planted many years before.
B) Had planted many years before.
C) Did planted many years before.
D) Have planted many years before.
19. Larry _____ his homework already by the time Roy came over.
A) Have finish.
B) Had finish.
C) Finishes.
D) Had finished.
20. The doctor _____ the patient thoroughly before he prescribed the medication.
A) Had examined.
B) Examine.
C) Examines.
D) Examining.
21. After the gardener _____ up the leaves, he burnt them.
A) Has swept.
B) Swept.
C) Had swept.
D) Have swept.
22. Give an example of using past perfect tense in a sentence.
A) She had already ate dinner when I arrived.
B) She had already eaten dinner when I arrived.
C) She has already eaten dinner when I arrived.
D) She already eaten dinner when I arrived.
23. The water for the coffe was not ready, because it _____ yet.
A) Hadn't boiled.
B) Hadn't boil.
C) Had boiled.
D) Have boiled.
24. Had the professor _____ the material?.
A) Reviewed.
B) Been reviewed.
C) Reviews.
D) Reviewing.
25. The number of horses in Canada _____ slightly over the past few years.
A) Has decreased.
B) Have decreased.
C) Decreased.
D) Had decreased.