Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 226 · 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.She ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) have thrown (b) has thrown (c) had thrown (d) had threw
2. 2.When Dad called, you ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) had (c) has
3. 3.By the time the guests arrived, my brother ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) has flown (c) have flown (d) had flown
4. 4.When Dad called, she ___ already sung a song. (a) had (b) has (c) have
5. 5.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) had thrown (c) has thrown (d) had threw
6. 6.I ___ science before Mum came home. (a) had studied (b) has studied (c) have studied (d) had study
7. 7.I ___ on the stage before Mum came home. (a) has danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) have danced
8. 8.She ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) has won (b) had won (c) have won (d) had win
9. 9.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) had baked (c) has baked (d) have baked
10. 10.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ vegetables. (a) had bought (b) have bought (c) has bought (d) had buy
11. 11.When Dad called, my brother ___ already clapped for the team. (a) had (b) have (c) has
12. 12.When Dad called, the students ___ already flown a kite. (a) has (b) have (c) had
13. 13.By the time the guests arrived, the children ___ a sandcastle. (a) had built (b) had build (c) has built (d) have built
14. 14.By the time the bell rang, Farhan ___ science. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) has studied
15. 15.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ the dog. (a) had feed (b) had fed (c) has fed (d) have fed
16. 16.I ___ a cap before the guests arrived. (a) have worn (b) has worn (c) had worn (d) had wore
17. 17.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
18. 18.By the time we reached, my sister ___ a picture. (a) has drawn (b) have drawn (c) had drawn (d) had drew
19. 19.They ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) have cleaned (b) had clean (c) had cleaned (d) has cleaned
20. 20.By the time we reached, my parents ___ lunch. (a) had brought (b) had bring (c) have brought (d) has brought
21. 21.By the time Mum came home, he ___ a cartoon. (a) have watched (b) had watch (c) has watched (d) had watched
22. 22.When Dad called, you ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
23. 23.My brother ___ in the pool before the bell rang. (a) have swum (b) had swam (c) has swum (d) had swum
24. 24.By the time the bell rang, they ___ a story. (a) had tell (b) had told (c) have told (d) has told
25. 25.By the time the bell rang, you ___ in the park. (a) has jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
26. 26.We ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) had bake (b) had baked (c) has baked (d) have baked
27. 27.When Dad called, Ananya ___ already won the match. (a) had (b) have (c) has
28. 28.You ___ a picture before the bell rang. (a) has drawn (b) have drawn (c) had drew (d) had drawn
29. 29.By the time Mum came home, I ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) has thrown (c) had thrown (d) had threw
30. 30.My friends ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) had thrown (b) have thrown (c) has thrown (d) had threw
31. 31.You ___ a picture before it got dark. (a) had drew (b) had drawn (c) have drawn (d) has drawn
32. 32.When Dad called, I ___ already flown a kite. (a) had (b) has (c) have
33. 33.When Dad called, my sister ___ already sung a song. (a) has (b) have (c) had
34. 34.I ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) had ate (b) has eaten (c) have eaten (d) had eaten
35. 35.When Dad called, she ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) have (c) had
36. 36.When Dad called, I ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) had (c) have
37. 37.By the time the bell rang, he ___ a cartoon. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) has watched
38. 38.Manav ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) have won (b) had won (c) had win (d) has won
39. 39.By the time we reached, I ___ the train. (a) had took (b) have taken (c) has taken (d) had taken
40. 40.We ___ lunch before it got dark. (a) had brought (b) has brought (c) had bring (d) have brought

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