Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 187 · 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 bell rang, Nisha ___ a cake. (a) have baked (b) has baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
2. 2.By the time Mum came home, she ___ science. (a) have studied (b) has studied (c) had studied (d) had study
3. 3.When Dad called, he ___ already sent a message. (a) had (b) have (c) has
4. 4.My brother ___ a message before it got dark. (a) has sent (b) have sent (c) had send (d) had sent
5. 5.By the time the guests arrived, my friends ___ the bag. (a) has carried (b) had carry (c) had carried (d) have carried
6. 6.You ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) had jog (b) have jogged (c) has jogged (d) had jogged
7. 7.By the time Mum came home, Ishaan ___ in the pool. (a) had swum (b) had swam (c) has swum (d) have swum
8. 8.They ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) had watch (b) had watched (c) have watched (d) has watched
9. 9.We ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) have made (b) had made (c) had make (d) has made
10. 10.When Dad called, we ___ already bought vegetables. (a) have (b) had (c) has
11. 11.Diya ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) had rode (b) had ridden (c) have ridden (d) has ridden
12. 12.By the time we reached, my parents ___ the room. (a) has cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) had clean
13. 13.When Dad called, Ira ___ already sent a message. (a) had (b) have (c) has
14. 14.He ___ the dishes before the bell rang. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
15. 15.Ishaan ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) has washed (b) had wash (c) have washed (d) had washed
16. 16.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) has played (c) had play (d) have played
17. 17.When Dad called, I ___ already caught the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
18. 18.When Dad called, they ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) have (c) has
19. 19.You ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) had catch (b) have caught (c) has caught (d) had caught
20. 20.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ the ball. (a) have caught (b) had caught (c) has caught (d) had catch
21. 21.When Dad called, she ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
22. 22.My brother ___ lunch before Mum came home. (a) had bring (b) has brought (c) have brought (d) had brought
23. 23.She ___ rice before the bell rang. (a) had cook (b) had cooked (c) has cooked (d) have cooked
24. 24.By the time the guests arrived, my friends ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) had clean (c) has cleaned (d) had cleaned
25. 25.By the time we reached, my sister ___ science. (a) have studied (b) had study (c) had studied (d) has studied
26. 26.When Dad called, I ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
27. 27.We ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) have planted
28. 28.When Dad called, Manav ___ already brought lunch. (a) had (b) has (c) have
29. 29.You ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) have made (b) has made (c) had made (d) had make
30. 30.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a story. (a) has told (b) have told (c) had tell (d) had told
31. 31.By the time the bell rang, my cousins ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) had bake (c) has baked (d) have baked
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a tree. (a) had plant (b) has planted (c) had planted (d) have planted
33. 33.By the time Mum came home, you ___ on the stage. (a) had dance (b) has danced (c) have danced (d) had danced
34. 34.We ___ a song before it got dark. (a) had sung (b) had sang (c) have sung (d) has sung
35. 35.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a bicycle. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
36. 36.The students ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) had swum (b) has swum (c) have swum (d) had swam
37. 37.She ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) have danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) has danced
38. 38.We ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) had jog (b) has jogged (c) had jogged (d) have jogged
39. 39.When Dad called, they ___ already worn a cap. (a) have (b) had (c) has
40. 40.By the time Mum came home, I ___ the train. (a) had took (b) has taken (c) have taken (d) had taken

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