Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 200 · 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.I ___ the dog before Mum came home. (a) had feed (b) have fed (c) had fed (d) has fed
2. 2.When Dad called, I ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) have (b) has (c) had
3. 3.The children ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) had rode (b) has ridden (c) have ridden (d) had ridden
4. 4.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a story. (a) have told (b) had told (c) had tell (d) has told
5. 5.We ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) had studied
6. 6.She ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) had sang (b) had sung (c) has sung (d) have sung
7. 7.When Dad called, we ___ already written a letter. (a) has (b) have (c) had
8. 8.By the time we reached, you ___ a song. (a) had sang (b) had sung (c) has sung (d) have sung
9. 9.You ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
10. 10.When Dad called, Rahul ___ already made tea. (a) had (b) have (c) has
11. 11.By the time we reached, Diya ___ tea. (a) have made (b) had made (c) has made (d) had make
12. 12.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a message. (a) had sent (b) has sent (c) have sent (d) had send
13. 13.We ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) had catch (b) had caught (c) have caught (d) has caught
14. 14.When Dad called, I ___ already carried the bag. (a) has (b) have (c) had
15. 15.By the time we reached, you ___ in the pool. (a) had swum (b) has swum (c) had swam (d) have swum
16. 16.My parents ___ milk before the guests arrived. (a) had drank (b) have drunk (c) had drunk (d) has drunk
17. 17.When Dad called, she ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) have (c) had
18. 18.When Dad called, I ___ already drunk milk. (a) has (b) have (c) had
19. 19.She ___ in the pool before the guests arrived. (a) has swum (b) have swum (c) had swam (d) had swum
20. 20.By the time the bell rang, Diya ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) has climbed (d) had climbed
21. 21.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ a message. (a) has sent (b) had send (c) have sent (d) had sent
22. 22.We ___ tea before Mum came home. (a) has made (b) had make (c) had made (d) have made
23. 23.My friends ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) has jogged (b) had jogged (c) had jog (d) have jogged
24. 24.When Dad called, my friends ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) had (b) have (c) has
25. 25.When Dad called, she ___ already drunk milk. (a) had (b) has (c) have
26. 26.I ___ milk before the bell rang. (a) had drunk (b) had drank (c) has drunk (d) have drunk
27. 27.When Dad called, we ___ already caught the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
28. 28.She ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) has jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
29. 29.The children ___ a sandcastle before Mum came home. (a) had built (b) have built (c) has built (d) had build
30. 30.When Dad called, we ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) have (c) has
31. 31.I ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) had run (b) had ran (c) has run (d) have run
32. 32.By the time we reached, she ___ cricket. (a) have played (b) had played (c) has played (d) had play
33. 33.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ a story. (a) had tell (b) had told (c) has told (d) have told
34. 34.Kabir ___ the dog before the guests arrived. (a) have fed (b) had feed (c) has fed (d) had fed
35. 35.They ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) have written (b) has written (c) had written (d) had wrote
36. 36.She ___ a bicycle before the guests arrived. (a) has ridden (b) had ridden (c) have ridden (d) had rode
37. 37.He ___ cricket before it got dark. (a) have played (b) had played (c) had play (d) has played
38. 38.When Dad called, my parents ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) have (c) has
39. 39.We ___ a bicycle before the guests arrived. (a) had ridden (b) has ridden (c) had rode (d) have ridden
40. 40.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a tree. (a) had climb (b) has climbed (c) have climbed (d) had climbed

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