Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 216 · 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 ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) had sent (b) has sent (c) have sent (d) had send
2. 2.We ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) had plant (b) has planted (c) have planted (d) had planted
3. 3.When Dad called, you ___ already written a letter. (a) has (b) have (c) had
4. 4.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) had studied
5. 5.You ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) has caught (b) had catch (c) had caught (d) have caught
6. 6.My brother ___ a cartoon before it got dark. (a) had watched (b) have watched (c) had watch (d) has watched
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) have planted (c) had planted (d) had plant
8. 8.When Dad called, you ___ already clapped for the team. (a) had (b) has (c) have
9. 9.You ___ the dishes before the bell rang. (a) had wash (b) have washed (c) has washed (d) had washed
10. 10.They ___ vegetables before the guests arrived. (a) had buy (b) had bought (c) have bought (d) has bought
11. 11.They ___ the bag before Mum came home. (a) have carried (b) had carried (c) has carried (d) had carry
12. 12.When Dad called, the children ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) have (c) had
13. 13.By the time we reached, the children ___ a bicycle. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had rode (d) had ridden
14. 14.The children ___ lunch before the bell rang. (a) had bring (b) have brought (c) has brought (d) had brought
15. 15.My cousins ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jogged (b) have jogged (c) has jogged (d) had jog
16. 16.Yash ___ the dishes before it got dark. (a) has washed (b) had wash (c) had washed (d) have washed
17. 17.By the time the bell rang, she ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, we ___ for the team. (a) has clapped (b) had clapped (c) had clap (d) have clapped
19. 19.By the time Mum came home, Kabir ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) had gone (c) had went (d) has gone
20. 20.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a song. (a) had sung (b) had sang (c) have sung (d) has sung
21. 21.He ___ the bag before it got dark. (a) had carry (b) have carried (c) had carried (d) has carried
22. 22.When Dad called, Diya ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) have (c) had
23. 23.When Dad called, you ___ already drawn a picture. (a) has (b) had (c) have
24. 24.When Dad called, Rohan ___ already drawn a picture. (a) have (b) has (c) had
25. 25.By the time Mum came home, my friends ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) had threw (c) had thrown (d) have thrown
26. 26.My cousins ___ a cake before it got dark. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
27. 27.He ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) have planted (b) has planted (c) had planted (d) had plant
28. 28.When Dad called, the children ___ already brought lunch. (a) had (b) has (c) have
29. 29.By the time we reached, I ___ milk. (a) has drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) have drunk
30. 30.When Dad called, we ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) had (c) have
31. 31.By the time we reached, you ___ a kite. (a) have flown (b) had flew (c) has flown (d) had flown
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, he ___ a tree. (a) had planted (b) had plant (c) has planted (d) have planted
33. 33.When Dad called, you ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) have (c) had
34. 34.When Dad called, the children ___ already told a story. (a) have (b) had (c) has
35. 35.They ___ in the pool before the bell rang. (a) have swum (b) had swum (c) had swam (d) has swum
36. 36.My parents ___ science before the bell rang. (a) had studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) has studied
37. 37.When Dad called, they ___ already written a letter. (a) have (b) has (c) had
38. 38.When Dad called, she ___ already clapped for the team. (a) had (b) has (c) have
39. 39.My friends ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) had took (b) have taken (c) had taken (d) has taken
40. 40.She ___ a letter before the bell rang. (a) has written (b) had written (c) had wrote (d) have written

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