Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 270 · 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.My brother ___ rice before the guests arrived. (a) had cooked (b) had cook (c) has cooked (d) have cooked
2. 2.By the time we reached, they ___ in the pool. (a) have swum (b) has swum (c) had swam (d) had swum
3. 3.Arjun ___ a message before the bell rang. (a) had sent (b) has sent (c) have sent (d) had send
4. 4.By the time we reached, the students ___ a cap. (a) have worn (b) had wore (c) had worn (d) has worn
5. 5.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a story. (a) had told (b) has told (c) have told (d) had tell
6. 6.You ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) have thrown (b) has thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
7. 7.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a picture. (a) has drawn (b) had drew (c) have drawn (d) had drawn
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ a letter. (a) had written (b) had wrote (c) has written (d) have written
9. 9.My sister ___ a cap before the guests arrived. (a) had worn (b) have worn (c) has worn (d) had wore
10. 10.When Dad called, he ___ already caught the ball. (a) had (b) have (c) has
11. 11.By the time the guests arrived, Isha ___ on the stage. (a) had dance (b) have danced (c) had danced (d) has danced
12. 12.By the time Mum came home, he ___ in the park. (a) had jogged (b) had jog (c) has jogged (d) have jogged
13. 13.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a kite. (a) has flown (b) had flew (c) had flown (d) have flown
14. 14.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) has climbed (c) had climb (d) had climbed
15. 15.When Dad called, you ___ already taken the train. (a) had (b) has (c) have
16. 16.By the time we reached, the children ___ a kite. (a) have flown (b) had flown (c) had flew (d) has flown
17. 17.My sister ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) have jogged (b) had jogged (c) has jogged (d) had jog
18. 18.When Dad called, Dev ___ already won the match. (a) has (b) had (c) have
19. 19.They ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) had sang (b) has sung (c) had sung (d) have sung
20. 20.She ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) had studied
21. 21.By the time Mum came home, they ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had thrown (d) had threw
22. 22.Isha ___ the match before the bell rang. (a) have won (b) has won (c) had win (d) had won
23. 23.When Dad called, he ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
24. 24.They ___ the dishes before it got dark. (a) have washed (b) has washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
25. 25.When Dad called, we ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) had (c) have
26. 26.By the time Mum came home, I ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoken (d) had spoke
27. 27.By the time we reached, they ___ for the team. (a) had clapped (b) have clapped (c) has clapped (d) had clap
28. 28.When Dad called, Zoya ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) have (b) had (c) has
29. 29.When Dad called, I ___ already fed the dog. (a) have (b) has (c) had
30. 30.Omkar ___ a cake before the bell rang. (a) have baked (b) had bake (c) has baked (d) had baked
31. 31.He ___ science before the bell rang. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) had studied
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a bicycle. (a) have ridden (b) has ridden (c) had rode (d) had ridden
33. 33.When Dad called, you ___ already played cricket. (a) had (b) have (c) has
34. 34.My sister ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
35. 35.We ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) had baked (b) had bake (c) has baked (d) have baked
36. 36.Kavya ___ for the team before it got dark. (a) have clapped (b) had clapped (c) has clapped (d) had clap
37. 37.We ___ vegetables before the bell rang. (a) has bought (b) had buy (c) had bought (d) have bought
38. 38.He ___ milk before it got dark. (a) had drunk (b) had drank (c) have drunk (d) has drunk
39. 39.By the time the bell rang, the students ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sang (c) have sung (d) had sung
40. 40.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a bicycle. (a) have ridden (b) has ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode

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