Past Perfect Tense Exercises with Explanation

1. What form of the main verb is used in the Past Perfect tense?

Past Indefinite	Past Perfect
Past Participle	None
Correct Answer: Past Participle
Explanation: Past Perfect tense uses the Past Participle form of the main verb after the auxiliary Had.

2. What is the auxiliary verb for Past Perfect sentences?

Has/Have	Had
Had been	Had have
Correct Answer: Had
Explanation: Past Perfect tense uses the auxiliary Had before the Past Participle form of the main verb.

3. Pick the right sentence structure for the Past Perfect tense.

Subject + have/has + past participle form of main verb + object	Subject + had + past participle form of main verb + object
Subject + have/has + past perfect form of main verb + object	Subject + had + past perfect form of main verb + object
Correct Answer: Subject + had + past participle form of main verb + object
Explanation: Between the subject and object of a sentence, the auxiliary Had and Past Participle form of the main verb sit side by side to make the Past Perfect sentences.

4. What is the auxiliary and main verb construction for the Past Perfect tense?

Has + Past Participle	Have + Past Participle
Had + Past Participle	Had + Past Perfect
Correct Answer: Had + Past Participle
Explanation: Auxiliary verb Had and the Past Participle form of the main verb together make the Past Perfect sentences.

5. What are the tenses that use the Past Participle forms of the main verb?

Past Perfect Tense	Present Perfect Tense
Future Perfect Tense	All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
Explanation: Perfect tenses across Past, Present and Future use the Past Participle forms of the main verbs.

6. Which one is the correct Present - Past - Past Participle set?

Ring - Rang - Rung	Set - Set - Set
Lie - Lay - Laid	A and B
Correct Answer: A and B
Explanation: “Ring - Rang - Rung” is the correct set of Present - Past - Past Participle verb forms where “Set” remains unchanged throughout the set. “Lie - Lay - Lain” is the correct set and “Laid” does not belong to it.

7. Pick out the correct Past Participle form of Swim.

Swim	Swam
Swum	Swimed
Correct Answer: Swum
Explanation: “Swum” is the correct Past Participle form of Swim.

8. Find the correct Past Participle form of Bear (meaning: to carry).

Bore	Beared
Borne	Bored
Correct Answer: Borne
Explanation: “Borne” is the correct Past Participle form of Bear.

9. What is the right Past Participle form of Come?

Come	Came
Comed	None
Correct Answer: Come
Explanation: “Come” is the correct Past Participle form of Come which makes the correct set of Present - Past - Past Participle forms: “Come - Came - Come”.

10. Pick the right Past Participle form of Cast.

Cast	Casted
Casting	None
Correct Answer: Cast
Explanation: “Cast” is one of the irregular verbs that stay unchanged across the Present - Past - Past Participle set.

11. Make the correct Past Perfect statement - Claire …………………… her painting.

Had finish	Had finished
Have finished	Has finished
Correct Answer: Had finished
Explanation: “Had” and the past participle form of the verb Finish - “Finished” make the correct Past Participle sentence.

12. Complete the Past Perfect statement - Patrick ………..……. his dinner by the time I got back

Had have	Had has
Had had	None
Correct Answer: Had had
Explanation: The first “Had” is the auxiliary verb and the second one is the Past Participle form of the verb Have and they make the correct Past Perfect verb construction.

13. Fill in the blank to complete the Past Perfect sentence - Alaska ………………… back home so many nights before.

Had drove	Had driven
Has drove	A and B
Correct Answer: Had driven
Explanation: “Driven” is the right Past Participle form of the main verb Drive and the “Had” before it complete the Past Perfect statement.

14. Pick the write Auxiliary verb to complete the Past Perfect expression - Peter ……… adopted Elen’s cat last summer.

Has	Had
Have	None
Correct Answer: Had
Explanation: “Had” is the right Auxiliary verb for Past Perfect expressions.

15. Find the correct Past Participle of Write to complete the statement - Terry had …………….. over 50 books on language learning.

Write	Wrote
Writed	Written
Correct Answer: Written
Explanation: “Written” is the correct Past Participle form of the verb Write.

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