Mastering the Past Perfect Tense

Zoe had a delicious meal yesterday. What is the past perfect form of 'to eat'?

• had ate

• eating

• ate

• had eaten

Identify the sentence that uses the past perfect: 'She had finished her homework before dinner.' or 'She finishes her homework before dinner.'

• She finishes her homework after dinner.

• She will finish her homework before dinner.

• She had finished her homework before dinner.

• She had finish her homework before dinner.

Create a past perfect sentence using the verb 'to see'.

• She sees the movie before it was released in theaters.

• They had saw the concert last year.

• He has seen the documentary before it aired.

• She had seen the movie before it was released in theaters.

Which of the following sentences is in the past perfect tense? 'They had left before the rain started.' or 'They leave before the rain started.'

• They will leave before the rain started.

• They had left before the rain started.

• They had been leaving before the rain started.

• They leave before the rain starts.

Fill in the blank with the correct past perfect form: 'By the time he arrived, I _____ (to leave).'

• had left

• lefted

• was leaving

• had leave

Identify the correct usage of past perfect: 'I had never seen such a beautiful sunset.' or 'I never saw such a beautiful sunset.'

• I was never seeing such a beautiful sunset.

• I had never seen such a beautiful sunset.

• I never have seen such a beautiful sunset.

• I had seen such a beautiful sunset.

Transform this sentence into past perfect: 'She reads the book.'

• She was reading the book.

• She has read the book.

• She had read the book.

• She read the book.

What auxiliary verb is used to form the past perfect tense?

• was

• is

• will be

• had

Choose the correct past perfect form: 'They _____ (to finish) their project before the deadline.'

• they have finished

• had finished

• finished had

• had finish

Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect? 'He had gone to the store before it closed.' or 'He goes to the store before it closed.'

• He had gone to the store before it closed.

• He has gone to the store before it closed.

• He had went to the store before it closed.

• He went to the store before it closed.