# Past Perfect Exercises with Answers

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- Title: Past Perfect
- CEFR: B1 (Intermediate)
- Category: Tenses and Time
- Questions: 14

Practise had + past participle: which event came first, by the time, negatives and questions, and when the past simple is enough. Every answer has a short reason.

Practise had + past participle for something that happened before another past event: by the time, already, the first time I had..., explaining a past…

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## Lessons on this topic

- [Past Perfect: Had + Past Participle](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar-lessons/past-perfect)

## Sample questions with answers

1. When I arrived at the party, most people ____ home.
   - A. had gone
   - B. have gone
   - C. go
   - D. had went
   Answer: A — They left before I arrived: had gone.

2. We ____ Hội An in 2019.
   - A. visited
   - B. had visited
   - C. have visited
   - D. had visit
   Answer: A — Only one past time, so the past simple.

3. She was hungry because she ____ breakfast.
   - A. hadn't eaten
   - B. didn't eaten
   - C. hasn't eaten
   - D. hadn't ate
   Answer: A — No breakfast came before the hunger: hadn't eaten.

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- [Present Perfect with For and Since · B1](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/present-perfect-for-and-since-b1) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/present-perfect-for-and-since-b1.md
- [Future Forms · B2](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/future-forms-b2) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/future-forms-b2.md
- [Past Perfect · C1](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/past-perfect-c1) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/past-perfect-c1.md
- [Time Relationships · C2](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/time-relationships-c2) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/time-relationships-c2.md
- [Present Simple · A1](https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/present-simple-a1) — markdown: https://hienglishquiz.com/grammar/present-simple-a1.md

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