Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 117 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (had + V3): had + past participle (V3) for every subject: had caught, had gone, had eaten. Time words: before …, by the time …, when … already. The later action is in the simple past (the bell rang).

1. 1.By the time we reached, I ___ tea. (a) had make (b) has made (c) have made (d) had made
2. 2.When Dad called, we ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) had (b) have (c) has
3. 3.By the time the bell rang, they ___ the dog. (a) have fed (b) had feed (c) has fed (d) had fed
4. 4.When Dad called, my sister ___ already caught the ball. (a) had (b) have (c) has
5. 5.When Dad called, Farhan ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) had (c) has
6. 6.When Dad called, he ___ already helped Grandma. (a) had (b) has (c) have
7. 7.By the time we reached, you ___ the bag. (a) have carried (b) had carried (c) had carry (d) has carried
8. 8.When Dad called, he ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) had (c) has
9. 9.By the time Mum came home, the students ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) had threw (c) has thrown (d) had thrown
10. 10.By the time Mum came home, Priya ___ rice. (a) had cook (b) has cooked (c) had cooked (d) have cooked
11. 11.When Dad called, the students ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) has (c) have
12. 12.When Dad called, you ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) had (c) has
13. 13.She ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) have danced (b) had dance (c) had danced (d) has danced
14. 14.Aditya ___ milk before the bell rang. (a) have drunk (b) had drunk (c) had drank (d) has drunk
15. 15.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) had watched (c) have watched (d) has watched
16. 16.When Dad called, he ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) had (b) have (c) has
17. 17.By the time the guests arrived, Meera ___ in the pool. (a) had swam (b) had swum (c) has swum (d) have swum
18. 18.You ___ vegetables before the guests arrived. (a) had buy (b) have bought (c) had bought (d) has bought
19. 19.Kabir ___ a mango before the bell rang. (a) has eaten (b) had ate (c) had eaten (d) have eaten
20. 20.When Dad called, you ___ already washed the dishes. (a) have (b) has (c) had
21. 21.When Dad called, my parents ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) had (b) has (c) have
22. 22.By the time the guests arrived, Sneha ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) has written (c) had written (d) have written
23. 23.When Dad called, Zoya ___ already told a story. (a) have (b) has (c) had
24. 24.When Dad called, my friends ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) have (c) had
25. 25.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ a message. (a) had sent (b) have sent (c) has sent (d) had send
26. 26.Aisha ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) have spoken (b) had spoke (c) had spoken (d) has spoken
27. 27.When Dad called, they ___ already cooked rice. (a) had (b) have (c) has
28. 28.We ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) had send (b) had sent (c) has sent (d) have sent
29. 29.By the time we reached, we ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) had watched (c) have watched (d) had watch
30. 30.When Dad called, Farhan ___ already flown a kite. (a) has (b) have (c) had
31. 31.Ananya ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) have bought (b) had bought (c) had buy (d) has bought
32. 32.By the time we reached, my sister ___ a tree. (a) have planted (b) has planted (c) had plant (d) had planted
33. 33.When Dad called, I ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
34. 34.By the time Mum came home, Ishaan ___ rice. (a) has cooked (b) had cooked (c) have cooked (d) had cook
35. 35.By the time the bell rang, they ___ a message. (a) had send (b) had sent (c) have sent (d) has sent
36. 36.When Dad called, I ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) has (c) had
37. 37.By the time the bell rang, he ___ in the park. (a) has jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
38. 38.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a story. (a) had tell (b) had told (c) has told (d) have told
39. 39.When Dad called, Rohan ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) has (c) have
40. 40.By the time the guests arrived, my friends ___ a story. (a) have told (b) had told (c) has told (d) had tell

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