Past Perfect Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. You saw snow for the first time during an evening in Oslo. Which sentence correctly describes your experience before that evening?
Until that evening, I never saw snow before.
Until that evening, I had never seen snow.
Until that evening, I had never saw snow.
Until that evening, I have never seen snow.
2. You finished a report at 8:00, and Sam called at 9:00. Which sentence uses the past perfect to make the sequence clear?
When Sam had called at 9:00, I finish the report at 8:00.
When Sam called at 9:00, I have finished the report.
When Sam calls at 9:00, I had finished the report.
By the time Sam called at 9:00, I had finished the report.
3. Which question correctly asks whether two people met before another past event?
Did they had met before the conference?
Had they met before the conference?
Had they meet before the conference?
Have they met before the conference ended?
4. Which structure normally forms the past perfect?
did + base verb
have + present participle
was + past participle
had + past participle
5. In the sentence “She’d completed the course before she applied,” what does “She’d” mean?
She has
She would
She did
She had
6. How should a writer say that the team did not complete the work before the deadline?
They did not had finished the work before the deadline.
They had not finished the work before the deadline.
They have not finished the work before the deadline yesterday.
They had not finish the work before the deadline.
7. Which revision corrects the error in “By midnight, we had went home”?
By midnight, we had gone home.
By midnight, we have went home.
By midnight, we had go home.
By midnight, we were went home.
8. Which sentence clearly shows that checking the figures happened before submitting the form?
Before he submitted the form, he has checked every figure.
He checks every figure before he submitted the form.
He had checked every figure before he submitted the form.
He was checked every figure before submitting the form.
9. In the sentence “After the guests had left, we cleaned the kitchen,” what happened first?
The guests returned.
We cleaned the kitchen.
The guests left.
Both events began simultaneously.
10. Organizers discovered that somebody had cancelled their venue booking. Which phrase correctly completes the passive sentence “The venue booking ___ without notice”?
had been cancelled
was been cancelled
has cancelled
had cancel
11. A computer crashed, and an unsaved file could not be recovered. Which sentence correctly describes an unreal alternative in the past?
If she had saved the file, she would recover it.
If she would have saved the file, she had recovered it.
If she had saved the file, she would have recovered it.
If she has saved the file, she had recovered it.
12. Lina reached the platform at 7:55, but the train departed at 7:50. Which phrase best completes the sentence: “When Lina reached the platform, the train ___”?
had already left
already leaves
was already leave
has already left
13. The registration office closed on Friday. Omar tried to apply on Saturday. Which sentence best describes the situation?
The office had already closed when Omar tried to apply.
The office was close when Omar had tried to apply.
The office has closed when Omar tried to apply.
The office already closes when Omar tried to apply.
14. Nora arrived at the studio after everyone else had gone. Which completion correctly describes what she found? “When Nora arrived, the other musicians ___.”
have left
were leave
had went
had left
15. Daniel found his missing keys and then felt relieved. Which sentence uses the past perfect to show that sequence?
Daniel had been relieved because he finds his keys.
Daniel is relieved because he had found his keys.
Daniel was relieved because he had found his keys.
Daniel had found his keys because he was relieved.
16. Maya opened her office and noticed that someone had moved the papers on her desk. Which event happened first?
Maya opened her office.
Someone moved the papers.
Both events happened at exactly the same time.
The sentence gives no information about their order.