Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 24 · 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.When Dad called, I ___ already thrown the ball. (a) have (b) had (c) has
2. 2.By the time Mum came home, she ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) had went (c) had gone (d) has gone
3. 3.When Dad called, they ___ already eaten a mango. (a) have (b) had (c) has
4. 4.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already sent a message. (a) had (b) have (c) has
5. 5.We ___ a kite before Mum came home. (a) has flown (b) have flown (c) had flown (d) had flew
6. 6.We ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
7. 7.When Dad called, Pooja ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) had (c) have
8. 8.When Dad called, you ___ already clapped for the team. (a) had (b) have (c) has
9. 9.When Dad called, my parents ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) have (c) had
10. 10.She ___ the dishes before the guests arrived. (a) have washed (b) had wash (c) has washed (d) had washed
11. 11.When Dad called, we ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) had (c) have
12. 12.They ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) has played (b) had play (c) had played (d) have played
13. 13.By the time the guests arrived, Nisha ___ a story. (a) has told (b) have told (c) had tell (d) had told
14. 14.When Dad called, you ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) has (c) had
15. 15.When Dad called, Saanvi ___ already sent a message. (a) have (b) had (c) has
16. 16.When Dad called, Dev ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) has (c) have
17. 17.When Dad called, Yash ___ already drawn a picture. (a) have (b) had (c) has
18. 18.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a cap. (a) have worn (b) had wore (c) had worn (d) has worn
19. 19.My friends ___ a cartoon before it got dark. (a) has watched (b) have watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
20. 20.Yash ___ to school before it got dark. (a) had gone (b) had went (c) have gone (d) has gone
21. 21.You ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) had caught (b) have caught (c) has caught (d) had catch
22. 22.By the time we reached, we ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) had taken (d) have taken
23. 23.You ___ a kite before the guests arrived. (a) has flown (b) had flown (c) had flew (d) have flown
24. 24.When Dad called, they ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) have (b) has (c) had
25. 25.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a story. (a) has told (b) have told (c) had told (d) had tell
26. 26.By the time we reached, she ___ Hindi. (a) have spoken (b) had spoke (c) had spoken (d) has spoken
27. 27.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
28. 28.When Dad called, my sister ___ already washed the dishes. (a) have (b) had (c) has
29. 29.When Dad called, Kabir ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) have (c) has
30. 30.The children ___ science before the bell rang. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) had studied
31. 31.By the time Mum came home, the students ___ on the stage. (a) had danced (b) has danced (c) had dance (d) have danced
32. 32.I ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) had wash (b) have washed (c) has washed (d) had washed
33. 33.By the time we reached, my friends ___ to school. (a) has gone (b) had went (c) have gone (d) had gone
34. 34.When Dad called, the children ___ already sent a message. (a) has (b) have (c) had
35. 35.My brother ___ in the park before it got dark. (a) has jogged (b) had jog (c) had jogged (d) have jogged
36. 36.By the time the bell rang, he ___ vegetables. (a) had buy (b) has bought (c) had bought (d) have bought
37. 37.She ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) had written (b) has written (c) had wrote (d) have written
38. 38.We ___ Grandma before the bell rang. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) has helped (d) had help
39. 39.He ___ a sandcastle before it got dark. (a) had build (b) has built (c) had built (d) have built
40. 40.By the time we reached, I ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) has gone (c) had gone (d) had went

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