Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 251 · 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, Saanvi ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
2. 2.By the time we reached, my cousins ___ the dishes. (a) have washed (b) has washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
3. 3.When Dad called, Pooja ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) had (c) have
4. 4.My brother ___ a mango before it got dark. (a) had ate (b) has eaten (c) had eaten (d) have eaten
5. 5.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a mango. (a) had ate (b) had eaten (c) have eaten (d) has eaten
6. 6.When Dad called, Vivaan ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) had (c) has
7. 7.You ___ to school before Mum came home. (a) had went (b) has gone (c) have gone (d) had gone
8. 8.By the time the bell rang, my parents ___ a cake. (a) has baked (b) had bake (c) had baked (d) have baked
9. 9.I ___ a cartoon before the guests arrived. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) has watched
10. 10.By the time Mum came home, you ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) had swam (c) had swum (d) has swum
11. 11.We ___ a message before it got dark. (a) had send (b) had sent (c) has sent (d) have sent
12. 12.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) had watch
13. 13.My cousins ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) had watch (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) has watched
14. 14.My brother ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) have written (b) had written (c) has written (d) had wrote
15. 15.Kavya ___ a cake before the bell rang. (a) had baked (b) have baked (c) has baked (d) had bake
16. 16.My parents ___ a message before the bell rang. (a) has sent (b) had send (c) have sent (d) had sent
17. 17.We ___ a bicycle before the bell rang. (a) had rode (b) have ridden (c) has ridden (d) had ridden
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a picture. (a) have drawn (b) has drawn (c) had drew (d) had drawn
19. 19.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ the dog. (a) has fed (b) had fed (c) had feed (d) have fed
20. 20.When Dad called, the students ___ already sent a message. (a) have (b) had (c) has
21. 21.When Dad called, she ___ already swum in the pool. (a) have (b) has (c) had
22. 22.By the time we reached, she ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) have thrown (d) had threw
23. 23.By the time the bell rang, you ___ rice. (a) had cook (b) has cooked (c) have cooked (d) had cooked
24. 24.When Dad called, my parents ___ already cooked rice. (a) has (b) have (c) had
25. 25.We ___ to school before Mum came home. (a) has gone (b) had went (c) have gone (d) had gone
26. 26.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ the room. (a) had cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) have cleaned (d) had clean
27. 27.Diya ___ cricket before it got dark. (a) had played (b) has played (c) had play (d) have played
28. 28.By the time the guests arrived, my cousins ___ a sandcastle. (a) had build (b) have built (c) has built (d) had built
29. 29.They ___ science before Mum came home. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) had studied (d) have studied
30. 30.By the time Mum came home, she ___ Grandma. (a) had help (b) had helped (c) have helped (d) has helped
31. 31.Omkar ___ the dishes before the bell rang. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had washed (d) had wash
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, Kavya ___ cricket. (a) had played (b) had play (c) has played (d) have played
33. 33.When Dad called, Farhan ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) had (b) has (c) have
34. 34.Vivaan ___ a kite before the bell rang. (a) has flown (b) had flown (c) had flew (d) have flown
35. 35.My sister ___ Grandma before Mum came home. (a) had help (b) have helped (c) had helped (d) has helped
36. 36.We ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) had took (b) had taken (c) has taken (d) have taken
37. 37.By the time Mum came home, Aarav ___ a mango. (a) have eaten (b) has eaten (c) had ate (d) had eaten
38. 38.My cousins ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had baked (d) had bake
39. 39.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a song. (a) had sung (b) had sang (c) have sung (d) has sung
40. 40.When Dad called, I ___ already sent a message. (a) have (b) has (c) had

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