Past Perfect Tense Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Past Perfect Tense – Quiz 6
1. Jane _____ for hours before a taxi finally appeared on the deserted road.
A) Had been waiting.
B) Waited.
C) Will be waiting.
D) Was waiting.
2. Joan's grandpa was upset. He _____ for an hour.
A) Had been waited.
B) Had waited.
C) Had been wait.
D) Had been waiting.
3. I _____ any money on the weekend because I _____ my wallet on Friday.
A) Hadn't had, lost.
B) Hadn't lost, didn't have.
C) Didn't have, had lost.
D) Didn't lose, hadn't had.
4. I had _____ seen such a beautiful scene before I visited Turkey.
A) Never.
B) Yet.
5. 6-No sooner _____ he made a mistake than he apologized.
A) Had.
B) Have.
C) Has.
D) None of above.
6. She _____ drive but she takes the bus to work.
A) Might not.
B) Can't.
C) Could.
D) May not.
7. They had left before I woke up. From the passage, which sentence is the event that happened first?.
A) Had.
B) Before.
C) They had left.
D) I woke up.
8. She _____ in Sweden before she went to Norway. (to live).
A) Had lived.
B) Have lived.
C) Has lived.
D) None of above.
9. Which is the negative sentence of the Past Perfect Tense?.
A) She hasn't walked.
B) I hadn't eaten a pizza before I went to bed.
C) I eat a pizza.
D) I don't like a pizza.
10. Alexa:Did you leave the party after it's over?Michael:No, I didn't. I had been in the party for 20 minutes.Alexa:So _____ the party before the main event?Michael:Yes, I had.
A) Did you leave.
B) Have you left.
C) Had you left.
D) You had left.
11. After the gardener _____ (sweep) up the leaves, he burnt them.
A) Had swept.
B) Has swept.
C) Sweeping.
D) Swept.
12. Bob couldn't buy the new computer because _____ .
A) He had spent all his money.
B) He had lost his old one.
C) He had watched a scary movie.
D) He hadn't studied at all.
13. He _____ us the item had been shipped.
A) Told.
B) Asking.
C) Talk.
D) Say.
14. _____ we not _____ to discuss social issues ( gather ).
A) Have _____ gathered.
B) Had _____ gathered.
C) Have _____ gathering.
D) Had _____ gather.
15. Abigail and Sarah had _____ for permission to join the camp.
A) Asked .
B) Ask.
C) Asking.
D) None of above.
16. I had already gone to bed when _____ .
A) Philip had telephoned.
B) Philip telephoned.
C) Philip telephones.
D) Philip was telephone.
17. Nobody explained why the project had _____ on time.
A) Not completed.
B) N't been completed.
C) N't complete.
D) Complete.
18. He told us he _____ a big tiger.
A) Has seen.
B) Had seen.
C) Seen.
D) Have seen.
19. The past perfect is a verb tense that _____ .
A) _____ is not used primarily to express actions that occurred before others that took place in the past.
B) _____ is mainly used to express actions that occurred before others that took place in the past.
C) _____ is mainly used to express actions that occurred before others that take place in the present.
D) Neither option is correct.
20. Laura repaired her glasses because her brother _____ them. (to break).
A) Had broken.
B) Had broke.
C) Has broken.
D) None of above.
21. She _____ all the household chores before she left the house.
A) Was completing.
B) Had been completing.
C) Completed.
D) Had completed.
22. Which of the following is the correct conjugation of the verb 'to eat' in the past perfect tense for the pronoun 'I'? a) had eat b) had ate c) had eaten d) had eating.
A) Had eating.
B) Had ate.
C) Had eaten.
D) Had eat.
23. Mandy was exhausted by the time she went on holiday because she _____ over 55 hours a week.
A) Had been working.
B) Worked.
C) Works.
D) Had worked.
24. Nisa told us yesterday that she _____ England in 2000.
A) Had visiting.
B) Was visited.
C) Is visiting.
D) Had visited.
25. The class rep had to _____ his classmates' phone during Amal Islami.
A) Collected.
B) Collecting.
C) Collect.
D) Collects.