Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 246 · 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.Meera ___ for the team before the bell rang. (a) had clap (b) have clapped (c) has clapped (d) had clapped
2. 2.When Dad called, my brother ___ already worn a cap. (a) have (b) had (c) has
3. 3.I ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jogged (b) had jog (c) has jogged (d) have jogged
4. 4.When Dad called, my friends ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) had (c) have
5. 5.She ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) have bought (b) had buy (c) has bought (d) had bought
6. 6.When Dad called, you ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) has (b) have (c) had
7. 7.When Dad called, my brother ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) have (c) had
8. 8.When Dad called, my brother ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) had (b) has (c) have
9. 9.By the time Mum came home, I ___ rice. (a) have cooked (b) has cooked (c) had cook (d) had cooked
10. 10.Nisha ___ a mango before the bell rang. (a) have eaten (b) has eaten (c) had eaten (d) had ate
11. 11.When Dad called, I ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) had (c) have
12. 12.Isha ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) have told (b) has told (c) had tell (d) had told
13. 13.My brother ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
14. 14.You ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
15. 15.We ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) had bake (b) has baked (c) had baked (d) have baked
16. 16.By the time Mum came home, I ___ in the pool. (a) had swam (b) has swum (c) have swum (d) had swum
17. 17.She ___ a mango before the bell rang. (a) had ate (b) had eaten (c) have eaten (d) has eaten
18. 18.When Dad called, I ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) has (c) had
19. 19.When Dad called, my brother ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) have (c) had
20. 20.By the time we reached, my parents ___ science. (a) had studied (b) has studied (c) had study (d) have studied
21. 21.By the time the bell rang, my parents ___ a sandcastle. (a) had built (b) had build (c) has built (d) have built
22. 22.When Dad called, we ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) had (b) has (c) have
23. 23.When Dad called, my brother ___ already won the match. (a) has (b) had (c) have
24. 24.He ___ on the stage before the bell rang. (a) has danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) have danced
25. 25.By the time we reached, they ___ rice. (a) had cook (b) has cooked (c) had cooked (d) have cooked
26. 26.When Dad called, Sneha ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) had (c) have
27. 27.We ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) had play (b) had played (c) have played (d) has played
28. 28.When Dad called, he ___ already won the match. (a) had (b) has (c) have
29. 29.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) have studied
30. 30.By the time the bell rang, I ___ lunch. (a) had bring (b) has brought (c) have brought (d) had brought
31. 31.By the time we reached, you ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) has thrown (c) had thrown (d) had threw
32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ for the team. (a) has clapped (b) had clapped (c) had clap (d) have clapped
33. 33.My parents ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) had cooked (b) has cooked (c) have cooked (d) had cook
34. 34.He ___ to school before the bell rang. (a) has gone (b) have gone (c) had gone (d) had went
35. 35.My friends ___ a sandcastle before Mum came home. (a) had build (b) have built (c) has built (d) had built
36. 36.They ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) have sung (b) had sang (c) has sung (d) had sung
37. 37.By the time we reached, she ___ in the park. (a) had ran (b) had run (c) has run (d) have run
38. 38.The students ___ the dog before the guests arrived. (a) had fed (b) have fed (c) has fed (d) had feed
39. 39.When Dad called, I ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) had (c) has
40. 40.When Dad called, she ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) had (c) has

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