Past Perfect Tense Exercises

What is the past perfect tense used for?Choose the correct answer:

To describe an action that happened in the past
To describe an action that will happen in the future
To describe an action that happened before another action in the past
To describe an action that is happening now

What is the structure of the past perfect tense?Choose the correct answer:

Subject + had + verb + object
Subject + verb + object
Subject + verb + had + object
Subject + had + been + verb + object

Fill in the blank: I ____ already eaten dinner when my friends arrived.Choose the correct answer:

Had
Have
Was
Did

What is the past participle of the verb “to go”?Choose the correct answer:

Goed
Go
Went
Gone

Fill in the blank: She ____ to the store before she came home.Choose the correct answer:

Had gone
Have gone
Was gone
Did gone

What is an example of the past perfect tense?Choose the correct answer:

I am going to the store.
She had gone to the store before she came home.
I will go to the store.
She went to the store before she came home.

What is the past perfect continuous tense used for?Choose the correct answer:

To describe actions that occurred in the past
To describe actions that occurred before other actions in the past
To describe actions that will occurred in the future
To describe actions that were happening over a period of time in the past

What is the structure of the past perfect continuous tense?Choose the correct answer:

Subject + had + been + verb + object
Subject + verb + object
Subject + verb + had + object
Subject + had + verb + object

Fill in the blank: She ____ to the store for two hours when I arrived.Choose the correct answer:

Had been going
Have been going
Was going
Did going

What is an example of the past perfect continuous tense?Choose the correct answer:

She had been going to the store for two hours when I arrived.
She had gone to the store before she came home.
She will go to the store.
She went to the store before she came home.