Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 230 · 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 guests arrived, the students ___ in the park. (a) has run (b) had ran (c) have run (d) had run
2. 2.When Dad called, my sister ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) had (c) have
3. 3.Isha ___ milk before the bell rang. (a) has drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) have drunk
4. 4.I ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) had run (b) have run (c) had ran (d) has run
5. 5.By the time we reached, my brother ___ milk. (a) have drunk (b) had drunk (c) has drunk (d) had drank
6. 6.By the time the bell rang, Saanvi ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) have baked (c) has baked (d) had baked
7. 7.They ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) have thrown (d) had threw
8. 8.By the time the bell rang, she ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) have studied
9. 9.They ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) had threw (b) has thrown (c) had thrown (d) have thrown
10. 10.When Dad called, Kunal ___ already flown a kite. (a) have (b) had (c) has
11. 11.By the time Mum came home, the students ___ lunch. (a) has brought (b) had bring (c) have brought (d) had brought
12. 12.He ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) has washed (b) had washed (c) have washed (d) had wash
13. 13.They ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) have carried (b) had carry (c) has carried (d) had carried
14. 14.When Dad called, we ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) has (c) have
15. 15.When Dad called, they ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) had (c) have
16. 16.When Dad called, my brother ___ already sung a song. (a) has (b) have (c) had
17. 17.When Dad called, you ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) have (c) has
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a tree. (a) has planted (b) have planted (c) had plant (d) had planted
19. 19.By the time we reached, Myra ___ science. (a) had studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) has studied
20. 20.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) had (b) has (c) have
21. 21.The students ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) had buy (b) have bought (c) has bought (d) had bought
22. 22.You ___ vegetables before the guests arrived. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
23. 23.We ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) had help (b) has helped (c) have helped (d) had helped
24. 24.Manav ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) has eaten (b) have eaten (c) had ate (d) had eaten
25. 25.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ the room. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
26. 26.By the time we reached, we ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) had sang (c) has sung (d) had sung
27. 27.When Dad called, my parents ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) have (b) had (c) has
28. 28.By the time we reached, my brother ___ science. (a) had study (b) had studied (c) have studied (d) has studied
29. 29.You ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) had run (b) has run (c) had ran (d) have run
30. 30.By the time the bell rang, I ___ tea. (a) had made (b) had make (c) has made (d) have made
31. 31.By the time Mum came home, they ___ a bicycle. (a) have ridden (b) has ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
32. 32.By the time we reached, he ___ a message. (a) has sent (b) had sent (c) had send (d) have sent
33. 33.When Dad called, they ___ already eaten a mango. (a) had (b) have (c) has
34. 34.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) have flown (c) has flown (d) had flown
35. 35.They ___ milk before the guests arrived. (a) has drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) have drunk
36. 36.When Dad called, I ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) had (c) have
37. 37.By the time we reached, they ___ a story. (a) had told (b) have told (c) has told (d) had tell
38. 38.The students ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) had bake (b) have baked (c) has baked (d) had baked
39. 39.He ___ a cap before the bell rang. (a) has worn (b) had worn (c) had wore (d) have worn
40. 40.When Dad called, we ___ already written a letter. (a) have (b) has (c) had

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