Global MCQ Practice
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Past Perfect Affirmative Negative InterrogativeSet 14

1Choose the correct form of PAST PERFECTWhen she arrived I ..... already ..... dinner. (cook)
2The word 'wireless' ..... a completely different meaning until computers came along-it meant 'radio'.
3The movie had already ..... when we arrived.
4The director asked me why I ..... him about the delay.
5The meeting ..... by the time I arrived at the office.
6Select the correct tense:
7The prosecutor ..... enough evidence before the hearing.
8Tenses: She ..... (already/read) the book before the test.
9If I had ..... more money, I could have ..... last summer.
10They ..... a lot of progress before the manager arrived.
11The inspector said that the building ..... in a rough condition for at least 5 years.
12My father had ..... his car before the rain came.
13They ..... the film before I came.
14Tom turned on the TV as soon as he ..... his homework
15We ..... (not prepare) for the test, so we failed.
16She ..... never ..... Japanese food before she visited Tokyo.
17I didn't pass the English test because I ..... the table of narrative tenses.
18After they ..... (finish) their project, they decided to take a short vacation.
19He ..... spoken to the manager before he quit.
20Had + past participle of the verb:
21When Sam (pay) ..... the bill, we felt the restaurant and went home.
22..... earlier, we wouldn't have missed the opening song of the show.
23We ..... the house painted while we were on vacation.
24The radio news said there ..... a car.
25"By the time she arrived, they ..... already left," represents which verb tense?
26Jeff ..... Linda for two years when they got engaged.
27I went to bed after I ..... my teeth.
28The cats ..... by Ann before she went to the cinema.
29By the time the pope reached the window a large crowd ..... to listen to him.
30What tense is formed the following way: had plus the past participle
31The committee ..... the meeting agenda before the chairperson entered the conference room.
32..... refers to a time earlier than before now. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past. It does not matter which event is mentioned first-the tense makes it clear which one happened first.
33We arrived at the cinema late. The film .....
34Mother fried the fish after she had boiled water.
35They ..... when my aunt arrived.
36By the time I reached the airport, my plane .....
37They were all doing nothing because ..... their job.
38Before she left the room, .....
39They ..... the work before the teacher arrived.
40He ..... his report by 5 p.m. yesterday.
41They asked if we ..... the results.
42We ..... the house painted.
43We were quite surprised, as they ..... us before.
44Jacob ..... all the lights off before he exited the office.
45They would have called you if they ..... in trouble.
46By the time they arrived at the theatre, the movie .....
47By 2010, the company ..... offices in twelve different countries.
48They ..... their homework before the teacher came.
49His clothes were dirty because he ..... painting the walls.
50Identify the tense: I had already eaten when she arrived.
51By the time we met John, we ..... (leave) college.
52It turned out he ..... another club.
53Halimah ..... almost 30 pounds then she regained weight.
54She couldn't play yesterday because she ..... her ankle the day before.
55Have you reviewed these newspapers?-No, I haven't done it. I ..... write an article.
56Rick ..... been watching TV for five hours when I got home.
57Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following sentences.The traffic was terrible. By the time I got to the conference, the chairman ..... the opening speech.
58You ..... a lovely holiday there, didn't you?
59Identify the correct use of the past perfect tense.
60He quickly forgot everything he (learn) at school.
61Which sentence best demonstrates the correct use of past perfect tense?