Grammar Quiz

Past Perfect Quiz

Preview:


She _______ (tell) me she _______ (study) a lot before the exam.

A. tells / studies

B. had told / studied

C. told / had studied

D. tells / studies


When I got to the airport I discovered I ________ my passport.

A. had forgoten

B. had forgot

C. had forgotten


Which word is key to use when writing the past perfect verb tense?

A. had

B. have

C. has

D. none


I ________ at that restaurant before today.

A. had not eaten

B. had not eatting

C. had not eatten


I _______ the email before he apologized.

A. had written

B. had wrote

C. had wroten


Complete the sentence:

‘Mica and Yin (stop) going to the library after the construction began.’

A. have stopped

B. were stopping

C. had stopped

D. has stopped


She _____ him before the party.

A. had meet

B. had met

C. had metten


Complete the sentence:

‘Years before, he _________ (to be) working as an accountant, but in 2018, he worked as a waiter.

A. had to be

B. has been

C. has to be

D. had been


After arriving home, I realised I _______ any milk.

A. hadn’t bought

B. had bougt

C. hadn´t bougt


Complete the sentence:

‘When I arrived at the cinema, the film _____ already ______’

A. – / started

B. has / started

C. had / started

D. starts


Identify the past perfect:

‘She had not remembered to visit her grandma before going to Canada.’

A. had not

B. remembered

C. not remembered

D. had not remembered


Complete the sentence:

‘We ________ (enjoy) the movie until the power went out!’

A. had not enjoyed

B. had enjoyed

C. enjoyed

D. not enjoyed


We use the past perfect tense to talk or write about

A. the past

B. the past before another event in the past

C. the best parts of the past

D. the past after another event in the past


We ______ (be) late for the plane because we ______ (forget) our passports.

A. had been / forgot

B. were / had forgotten

C. are / forgot

D. were / forgotten


You ______ Italian before you moved to Rome.

A. had studied

B. had studyd

C. had study


I washed the floor when the painter _____.

A. had go

B. had gone

C. had goen


To make a past perfect tense negative, which word would you add?

A. not

B. never

C. no

D. none


The lights _______ (go) off because we _______ (not pay) the electricity bill.

A. went / hadn’t paid

B. had gone / didn’t pay

C. went / didn’t pay

D. had gone / hadn’t paid


Complete with the negative past perfect:

‘Ashley ________(know) how to roller skate before the trip.’

A. had known

B. had not known

C. had never known

D. had unknown


‘She _______ (live) in China before she ______ (go) to Thailand.’

A. lived / had gone

B. had lived / went


He ______ (meet) her somewhere before.

A. met

B. had met

C. meeted

D. meet


After she ______ out, I found her notes.

A. had moves

B. had moven

C. had moved


After they _______ (eat) the sandwich, they_______ (begin) to feel sick.

A. ate / had begun

B. had eaten / begun

C. has eaten / began

D. had eaten / began


The plane ______ by the time I got to the airport.

A. had leave

B. had leaven

C. had left


After Sofie ________ her work, she went to lunch.

A. had finisht

B. had finished

C. hadn´t finishen


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