English Grammar, Quizzes Past Perfect Quiz by Brian March 29, 2022 Test your knowledge of the Past Perfect Past perfect 1 / 20 We form the past perfect with have + past participle will have + past participle had + past participle 2 / 20 We form the past perfect continuous with had been + verb(ing) have + past participle was + past participle 3 / 20 John _________(go) out when I _______(arrive) had gone, arrived went, had arrived had gone, had arrived 4 / 20 When they ________(arrive), we __________(already finish) eating had arrived, already finished arrived, had already finished arrived, already finished 5 / 20 He ______(be) very tired because he _______(sleep) well had been, wasn't sleep was, didn't sleep was, hadn't slept 6 / 20 They _______________ in poverty until they won the Lotto. was living had living had been living 7 / 20 I ____________(be) sleeping for 20 minutes when the TV _________(wake) me up. had been, woke was, woke was, had woken 8 / 20 I _________(eat) my breakfast when I ________(get) to school. had eaten, got had been eating, got ate, had got 9 / 20 Sarah _____________ there for ten years before she got promoted. has been working had been working had working 10 / 20 They ________(going out) for 12 months when he __________(propose) were going out, had proposed had been going out, had proposed had been going out, proposed 11 / 20 We ________ (have) our breakfast before we _________(go) to school. had, went have had, had gone had had, went 12 / 20 It _______________ all night so the streets were very wet. had been raining raining has been raining 13 / 20 We ______________ in Dublin for 3 years before we found a nice place to live. had living had been living was living 14 / 20 Choose the correct sentence: The man was arrested. He stolen a bicycle. The man had been arrested. He stole a bicycle. The man was arrested. He had stolen a bicycle. 15 / 20 Choose the correct sentence: We had never eaten sushi before we went to Japan. We had never ate Sushi before going to Japan. We were eating sushi before we had gone to Japan. 16 / 20 Choose the correct sentence: When she arrived home, her daughter had already gone to bed. When she had arrived home, her daughter already went to bed. When she had arrived home, her daughter had already gone to bed. 17 / 20 Choose the correct sentence: She asked me if I'd read Harry Potter. She asked me if I read Harry Potter. She had asked me if I read Harry Potter. 18 / 20 Choose the correct sentence: She had gone to the cinema before meeting her friends. She gone to the cinema before meeting her friends. She went to the cinema before she had met her friends. 19 / 20 Choose the correct sentence: Jim had never tried Guinness before he came to Dublin. Jim never tried Guinness before he had come to Dublin. Jim never tried Guinness before he came to Dublin. 20 / 20 Choose the correct sentence: We didn't watch the movie as we saw it before. We didn't watch the movie because we seen it before. We didn't watch the movie because we had seen it before. Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Restart quiz Need to brush up on the Past Perfect? Read this blog post Social Shares
