Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 16 · 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, Ananya ___ already bought vegetables. (a) have (b) has (c) had
2. 2.By the time the bell rang, he ___ Grandma. (a) has helped (b) had help (c) have helped (d) had helped
3. 3.When Dad called, Farhan ___ already told a story. (a) had (b) has (c) have
4. 4.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ on the stage. (a) have danced (b) has danced (c) had dance (d) had danced
5. 5.When Dad called, the children ___ already sent a message. (a) had (b) have (c) has
6. 6.When Dad called, you ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) had (c) have
7. 7.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a picture. (a) had drawn (b) have drawn (c) has drawn (d) had drew
8. 8.When Dad called, they ___ already helped Grandma. (a) has (b) have (c) had
9. 9.He ___ the train before it got dark. (a) has taken (b) have taken (c) had taken (d) had took
10. 10.When Dad called, she ___ already washed the dishes. (a) have (b) had (c) has
11. 11.They ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) had jog (b) had jogged (c) have jogged (d) has jogged
12. 12.When Dad called, my brother ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) had (c) have
13. 13.When Dad called, we ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) have (c) had
14. 14.When Dad called, I ___ already flown a kite. (a) had (b) have (c) has
15. 15.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) have planted
16. 16.When Dad called, my parents ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) had (c) has
17. 17.You ___ a picture before it got dark. (a) had drew (b) has drawn (c) had drawn (d) have drawn
18. 18.You ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) had tell (b) has told (c) have told (d) had told
19. 19.When Dad called, she ___ already drunk milk. (a) have (b) has (c) had
20. 20.I ___ for the team before Mum came home. (a) has clapped (b) had clap (c) had clapped (d) have clapped
21. 21.By the time Mum came home, Omkar ___ a picture. (a) has drawn (b) had drew (c) had drawn (d) have drawn
22. 22.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ tea. (a) had made (b) had make (c) has made (d) have made
23. 23.We ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) had taken (b) had took (c) have taken (d) has taken
24. 24.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a tree. (a) had climbed (b) has climbed (c) had climb (d) have climbed
25. 25.When Dad called, Myra ___ already drunk milk. (a) had (b) has (c) have
26. 26.When Dad called, you ___ already danced on the stage. (a) have (b) had (c) has
27. 27.By the time the bell rang, Neel ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) had buy (c) has bought (d) had bought
28. 28.By the time the bell rang, my cousins ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) have played (c) has played (d) had play
29. 29.By the time we reached, I ___ tea. (a) have made (b) had make (c) had made (d) has made
30. 30.By the time the bell rang, we ___ science. (a) had studied (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had study
31. 31.By the time the bell rang, the students ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) had bake (c) had baked (d) have baked
32. 32.When Dad called, I ___ already fed the dog. (a) had (b) has (c) have
33. 33.She ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) have planted
34. 34.My sister ___ on the stage before the guests arrived. (a) had danced (b) had dance (c) has danced (d) have danced
35. 35.When Dad called, we ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) has (c) had
36. 36.By the time Mum came home, Aisha ___ in the park. (a) had jogged (b) has jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jog
37. 37.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a cake. (a) have baked (b) has baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ the ball. (a) had thrown (b) has thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown
39. 39.They ___ a song before the guests arrived. (a) has sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) have sung
40. 40.By the time we reached, Aarav ___ a picture. (a) had drew (b) had drawn (c) has drawn (d) have drawn

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