Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 155 · 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.When Dad called, my brother ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) have (c) had
2. 2.By the time we reached, my parents ___ rice. (a) had cooked (b) have cooked (c) had cook (d) has cooked
3. 3.They ___ a bicycle before it got dark. (a) has ridden (b) had ridden (c) have ridden (d) had rode
4. 4.By the time the bell rang, you ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) had went (c) had gone (d) has gone
5. 5.By the time we reached, my cousins ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) have baked (c) has baked (d) had bake
6. 6.My sister ___ the dog before Mum came home. (a) has fed (b) had feed (c) had fed (d) have fed
7. 7.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) had watch (c) have watched (d) had watched
8. 8.When Dad called, we ___ already written a letter. (a) have (b) has (c) had
9. 9.We ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) has washed (b) had washed (c) have washed (d) had wash
10. 10.When Dad called, I ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) had (c) has
11. 11.By the time Mum came home, Aditya ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) had written (d) has written
12. 12.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ in the park. (a) have run (b) had run (c) had ran (d) has run
13. 13.By the time the bell rang, I ___ the bag. (a) had carried (b) has carried (c) have carried (d) had carry
14. 14.My brother ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) have helped (b) has helped (c) had helped (d) had help
15. 15.When Dad called, Meera ___ already jogged in the park. (a) had (b) has (c) have
16. 16.Aditya ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) have danced (b) had danced (c) has danced (d) had dance
17. 17.My friends ___ a bicycle before it got dark. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had rode (d) had ridden
18. 18.My sister ___ a kite before it got dark. (a) has flown (b) had flown (c) have flown (d) had flew
19. 19.When Dad called, Manav ___ already brought lunch. (a) had (b) have (c) has
20. 20.By the time Mum came home, Arjun ___ a bicycle. (a) had rode (b) have ridden (c) has ridden (d) had ridden
21. 21.When Dad called, my parents ___ already caught the ball. (a) has (b) had (c) have
22. 22.When Dad called, my brother ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
23. 23.By the time the guests arrived, my sister ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) had clean
24. 24.Kabir ___ cricket before the bell rang. (a) had played (b) had play (c) has played (d) have played
25. 25.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) have (b) has (c) had
26. 26.When Dad called, he ___ already planted a tree. (a) have (b) has (c) had
27. 27.Saanvi ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) have told (b) had told (c) has told (d) had tell
28. 28.When Dad called, my brother ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) have (c) had
29. 29.When Dad called, I ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) has (c) had
30. 30.When Dad called, you ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) have (b) has (c) had
31. 31.You ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) have watched (b) had watched (c) had watch (d) has watched
32. 32.They ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) has won (b) had won (c) had win (d) have won
33. 33.By the time the bell rang, they ___ the room. (a) had cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had clean
34. 34.They ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) has bought (b) had buy (c) had bought (d) have bought
35. 35.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) had watch (c) had watched (d) have watched
36. 36.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) have baked (c) has baked (d) had baked
37. 37.When Dad called, I ___ already written a letter. (a) have (b) has (c) had
38. 38.You ___ a story before the bell rang. (a) had tell (b) has told (c) had told (d) have told
39. 39.By the time the bell rang, she ___ rice. (a) had cooked (b) has cooked (c) had cook (d) have cooked
40. 40.They ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) has eaten (b) had ate (c) have eaten (d) had eaten

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