Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 132 · 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 the guests arrived, you ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) has played (c) had play (d) have played
2. 2.We ___ the bag before it got dark. (a) had carry (b) have carried (c) had carried (d) has carried
3. 3.My cousins ___ Hindi before it got dark. (a) had spoke (b) have spoken (c) has spoken (d) had spoken
4. 4.When Dad called, he ___ already brought lunch. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.When Dad called, Karan ___ already planted a tree. (a) have (b) had (c) has
6. 6.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already planted a tree. (a) had (b) has (c) have
7. 7.When Dad called, we ___ already fed the dog. (a) had (b) have (c) has
8. 8.We ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) has run (b) have run (c) had ran (d) had run
9. 9.When Dad called, you ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) had (b) have (c) has
10. 10.We ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) have won (b) had won (c) has won (d) had win
11. 11.My cousins ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) has spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoke (d) had spoken
12. 12.They ___ cricket before it got dark. (a) has played (b) have played (c) had play (d) had played
13. 13.When Dad called, you ___ already fed the dog. (a) have (b) had (c) has
14. 14.You ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) had drunk (b) has drunk (c) have drunk (d) had drank
15. 15.When Dad called, he ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) had (c) has
16. 16.When Dad called, Aditya ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) have (c) had
17. 17.By the time Mum came home, my parents ___ rice. (a) had cooked (b) have cooked (c) has cooked (d) had cook
18. 18.When Dad called, we ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) have (c) had
19. 19.By the time we reached, she ___ tea. (a) had made (b) had make (c) has made (d) have made
20. 20.When Dad called, she ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) had (c) has
21. 21.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ Hindi. (a) had spoke (b) has spoken (c) had spoken (d) have spoken
22. 22.When Dad called, she ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) have (c) had
23. 23.When Dad called, he ___ already taken the train. (a) has (b) have (c) had
24. 24.By the time Mum came home, Kunal ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) had taken (d) have taken
25. 25.When Dad called, I ___ already eaten a mango. (a) have (b) had (c) has
26. 26.They ___ a cake before the bell rang. (a) had baked (b) have baked (c) had bake (d) has baked
27. 27.We ___ for the team before Mum came home. (a) had clapped (b) have clapped (c) had clap (d) has clapped
28. 28.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) had flown (c) has flown (d) have flown
29. 29.You ___ milk before the guests arrived. (a) has drunk (b) had drank (c) have drunk (d) had drunk
30. 30.When Dad called, he ___ already washed the dishes. (a) have (b) had (c) has
31. 31.By the time we reached, they ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) have planted (c) had planted (d) had plant
32. 32.He ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
33. 33.Farhan ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) had bought (b) had buy (c) have bought (d) has bought
34. 34.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) had bought (c) has bought (d) had buy
35. 35.My sister ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) has jogged (b) had jog (c) have jogged (d) had jogged
36. 36.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) have planted (c) had planted (d) had plant
37. 37.Meera ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) had wrote (b) has written (c) had written (d) have written
38. 38.You ___ the train before the guests arrived. (a) had took (b) has taken (c) have taken (d) had taken
39. 39.By the time we reached, I ___ the bag. (a) has carried (b) had carry (c) have carried (d) had carried
40. 40.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown

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