Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 165 · 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, we ___ already flown a kite. (a) had (b) have (c) has
2. 2.By the time we reached, my brother ___ a sandcastle. (a) had build (b) has built (c) have built (d) had built
3. 3.My parents ___ a kite before the guests arrived. (a) have flown (b) had flown (c) has flown (d) had flew
4. 4.When Dad called, I ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.When Dad called, you ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
6. 6.She ___ a story before it got dark. (a) have told (b) has told (c) had tell (d) had told
7. 7.By the time we reached, you ___ the dog. (a) had feed (b) had fed (c) have fed (d) has fed
8. 8.When Dad called, he ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) had (c) have
9. 9.By the time we reached, he ___ Hindi. (a) have spoken (b) had spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken
10. 10.I ___ a cartoon before the guests arrived. (a) had watch (b) had watched (c) have watched (d) has watched
11. 11.She ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) have washed (b) has washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
12. 12.By the time we reached, I ___ a picture. (a) had drawn (b) had drew (c) have drawn (d) has drawn
13. 13.When Dad called, they ___ already clapped for the team. (a) have (b) had (c) has
14. 14.When Dad called, we ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) have (c) had
15. 15.When Dad called, my sister ___ already written a letter. (a) has (b) had (c) have
16. 16.He ___ a cartoon before the bell rang. (a) have watched (b) has watched (c) had watched (d) had watch
17. 17.By the time the bell rang, we ___ the dog. (a) had feed (b) have fed (c) has fed (d) had fed
18. 18.When Dad called, Vivaan ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) has (c) had
19. 19.I ___ on the stage before it got dark. (a) had dance (b) has danced (c) have danced (d) had danced
20. 20.By the time the guests arrived, my cousins ___ in the park. (a) have jogged (b) had jogged (c) had jog (d) has jogged
21. 21.You ___ tea before Mum came home. (a) have made (b) has made (c) had made (d) had make
22. 22.By the time the bell rang, he ___ Grandma. (a) had help (b) have helped (c) had helped (d) has helped
23. 23.He ___ a picture before Mum came home. (a) had drawn (b) had drew (c) have drawn (d) has drawn
24. 24.By the time the bell rang, they ___ vegetables. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had bought (d) had buy
25. 25.By the time the bell rang, I ___ milk. (a) has drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drunk (d) had drank
26. 26.We ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) had cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had clean (d) have cleaned
27. 27.Meera ___ for the team before Mum came home. (a) have clapped (b) had clap (c) has clapped (d) had clapped
28. 28.When Dad called, I ___ already won the match. (a) have (b) had (c) has
29. 29.By the time the bell rang, Priya ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) had planted (c) had plant (d) have planted
30. 30.Riya ___ the dishes before it got dark. (a) had washed (b) has washed (c) had wash (d) have washed
31. 31.By the time we reached, we ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoke (d) had spoken
32. 32.Meera ___ Hindi before it got dark. (a) had spoke (b) has spoken (c) have spoken (d) had spoken
33. 33.By the time the bell rang, we ___ milk. (a) had drank (b) have drunk (c) has drunk (d) had drunk
34. 34.My parents ___ a bicycle before it got dark. (a) have ridden (b) has ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
35. 35.When Dad called, we ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
36. 36.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a sandcastle. (a) had build (b) have built (c) has built (d) had built
37. 37.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a story. (a) has told (b) had tell (c) have told (d) had told
38. 38.When Dad called, she ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) have (c) had
39. 39.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ the dishes. (a) has washed (b) had washed (c) had wash (d) have washed
40. 40.I ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jog (b) have jogged (c) has jogged (d) had jogged

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