Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 118 · 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, Myra ___ the ball. (a) has caught (b) had catch (c) had caught (d) have caught
2. 2.By the time we reached, Zoya ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) has sung (c) had sung (d) had sang
3. 3.By the time the bell rang, my parents ___ in the pool. (a) had swam (b) has swum (c) have swum (d) had swum
4. 4.By the time Mum came home, Pooja ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
5. 5.When Dad called, Farhan ___ already swum in the pool. (a) have (b) had (c) has
6. 6.When Dad called, Isha ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) had (c) has
7. 7.When Dad called, we ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
8. 8.She ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had wrote (d) had written
9. 9.She ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) had wash (b) has washed (c) had washed (d) have washed
10. 10.When Dad called, my parents ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) had (c) has
11. 11.When Dad called, Farhan ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
12. 12.When Dad called, my brother ___ already cleaned the room. (a) have (b) has (c) had
13. 13.When Dad called, he ___ already brought lunch. (a) have (b) has (c) had
14. 14.When Dad called, they ___ already cleaned the room. (a) had (b) have (c) has
15. 15.By the time Mum came home, we ___ Grandma. (a) had helped (b) has helped (c) have helped (d) had help
16. 16.When Dad called, my parents ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) had (c) have
17. 17.When Dad called, they ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) have (c) has
18. 18.He ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) had watch (b) had watched (c) have watched (d) has watched
19. 19.My parents ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) have thrown (d) had threw
20. 20.By the time the guests arrived, the students ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) have planted (c) had planted (d) had plant
21. 21.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) has watched (d) had watched
22. 22.By the time the bell rang, they ___ a story. (a) has told (b) had told (c) had tell (d) have told
23. 23.They ___ a cap before it got dark. (a) had wore (b) has worn (c) have worn (d) had worn
24. 24.We ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) had taken (b) has taken (c) had took (d) have taken
25. 25.When Dad called, she ___ already told a story. (a) have (b) has (c) had
26. 26.When Dad called, you ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) has (c) have
27. 27.By the time we reached, I ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) had baked (c) had bake (d) have baked
28. 28.We ___ cricket before the bell rang. (a) has played (b) had play (c) have played (d) had played
29. 29.When Dad called, they ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) had (b) has (c) have
30. 30.By the time the bell rang, I ___ the dishes. (a) had wash (b) have washed (c) had washed (d) has washed
31. 31.When Dad called, I ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
32. 32.By the time we reached, you ___ cricket. (a) has played (b) had play (c) have played (d) had played
33. 33.By the time Mum came home, he ___ the dog. (a) had fed (b) has fed (c) had feed (d) have fed
34. 34.We ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
35. 35.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ a picture. (a) had drew (b) have drawn (c) had drawn (d) has drawn
36. 36.When Dad called, she ___ already flown a kite. (a) have (b) had (c) has
37. 37.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ a picture. (a) have drawn (b) has drawn (c) had drawn (d) had drew
38. 38.She ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) had took (b) has taken (c) have taken (d) had taken
39. 39.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ the ball. (a) have caught (b) has caught (c) had catch (d) had caught
40. 40.You ___ a song before it got dark. (a) has sung (b) had sung (c) had sang (d) have sung

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