Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 260 · 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, you ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) has flown (c) have flown (d) had flown
2. 2.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ a message. (a) has sent (b) had send (c) have sent (d) had sent
3. 3.When Dad called, he ___ already planted a tree. (a) has (b) had (c) have
4. 4.When Dad called, Vivaan ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) had (c) have
5. 5.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ milk. (a) has drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) have drunk
6. 6.Zoya ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) have eaten (b) had eaten (c) has eaten (d) had ate
7. 7.Karan ___ milk before the bell rang. (a) have drunk (b) had drank (c) has drunk (d) had drunk
8. 8.My friends ___ the dog before Mum came home. (a) have fed (b) had fed (c) has fed (d) had feed
9. 9.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ in the park. (a) have run (b) had run (c) has run (d) had ran
10. 10.My friends ___ a letter before the bell rang. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had written (d) had wrote
11. 11.When Dad called, my brother ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) had (b) has (c) have
12. 12.When Dad called, my parents ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) has (c) had
13. 13.Dev ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) have told (b) had told (c) had tell (d) has told
14. 14.When Dad called, she ___ already sent a message. (a) have (b) has (c) had
15. 15.They ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) has told (b) had told (c) had tell (d) have told
16. 16.She ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) have won (b) had win (c) has won (d) had won
17. 17.I ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) had sent (b) have sent (c) has sent (d) had send
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, we ___ rice. (a) has cooked (b) had cook (c) had cooked (d) have cooked
19. 19.Isha ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) had study (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) have studied
20. 20.Isha ___ vegetables before the guests arrived. (a) had buy (b) have bought (c) had bought (d) has bought
21. 21.By the time we reached, Arjun ___ for the team. (a) had clap (b) had clapped (c) has clapped (d) have clapped
22. 22.When Dad called, Isha ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) had (c) have
23. 23.She ___ for the team before it got dark. (a) has clapped (b) had clap (c) had clapped (d) have clapped
24. 24.Farhan ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) have washed (b) had wash (c) had washed (d) has washed
25. 25.When Dad called, I ___ already flown a kite. (a) have (b) has (c) had
26. 26.By the time the guests arrived, my friends ___ a picture. (a) had drew (b) have drawn (c) has drawn (d) had drawn
27. 27.I ___ the bag before it got dark. (a) has carried (b) had carry (c) have carried (d) had carried
28. 28.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) have baked (c) has baked (d) had baked
29. 29.By the time the guests arrived, my cousins ___ Grandma. (a) has helped (b) had helped (c) have helped (d) had help
30. 30.I ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) had buy (b) had bought (c) has bought (d) have bought
31. 31.She ___ a picture before it got dark. (a) have drawn (b) has drawn (c) had drew (d) had drawn
32. 32.My parents ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) has bought (b) had buy (c) had bought (d) have bought
33. 33.When Dad called, they ___ already written a letter. (a) has (b) had (c) have
34. 34.They ___ the bag before the guests arrived. (a) had carried (b) had carry (c) has carried (d) have carried
35. 35.When Dad called, I ___ already danced on the stage. (a) have (b) has (c) had
36. 36.By the time Mum came home, I ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) had studied (d) have studied
37. 37.You ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) have climbed (b) has climbed (c) had climb (d) had climbed
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, the students ___ rice. (a) had cooked (b) has cooked (c) had cook (d) have cooked
39. 39.By the time we reached, she ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) had went (c) had gone (d) has gone
40. 40.By the time Mum came home, Tara ___ milk. (a) have drunk (b) had drunk (c) had drank (d) has drunk

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