Past Perfect Tense Exercises

1. What is the past perfect tense used for?

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

2. What is the structure of the past perfect tense?

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

3. Fill in the blank: I ____ already eaten dinner when my friends arrived.

Had
Have
Was
Did

4. What is the past participle of the verb “to go”?

Goed
Go
Went
Gone

5. Fill in the blank: She ____ to the store before she came home.

Had gone
Have gone
Was gone
Did gone

6. What is an example of the past perfect tense?

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.

7. What is the past perfect continuous tense used for?

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

8. What is the structure of the past perfect continuous tense?

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

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

Had been going
Have been going
Was going
Did going

10. What is an example of the past perfect continuous tense?

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.