Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 277 · 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.She ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) has bought (b) had bought (c) had buy (d) have bought
2. 2.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ milk. (a) had drank (b) had drunk (c) has drunk (d) have drunk
3. 3.When Dad called, Neel ___ already told a story. (a) has (b) have (c) had
4. 4.They ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) have planted (b) had plant (c) has planted (d) had planted
5. 5.My friends ___ a song before it got dark. (a) had sang (b) has sung (c) have sung (d) had sung
6. 6.When Dad called, Neel ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) had (c) have
7. 7.Kavya ___ on the stage before it got dark. (a) has danced (b) have danced (c) had danced (d) had dance
8. 8.When Dad called, you ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) have (c) has
9. 9.I ___ cricket before it got dark. (a) have played (b) had played (c) had play (d) has played
10. 10.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a mango. (a) had ate (b) have eaten (c) has eaten (d) had eaten
11. 11.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a tree. (a) have planted (b) had planted (c) had plant (d) has planted
12. 12.My sister ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) had bought (b) has bought (c) have bought (d) had buy
13. 13.When Dad called, Zoya ___ already bought vegetables. (a) have (b) had (c) has
14. 14.When Dad called, we ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) have (c) had
15. 15.By the time the bell rang, he ___ rice. (a) have cooked (b) had cook (c) had cooked (d) has cooked
16. 16.He ___ the dog before the bell rang. (a) had feed (b) have fed (c) has fed (d) had fed
17. 17.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already studied science. (a) had (b) has (c) have
18. 18.By the time we reached, my sister ___ the dog. (a) have fed (b) had fed (c) had feed (d) has fed
19. 19.By the time the bell rang, I ___ on the stage. (a) had dance (b) have danced (c) had danced (d) has danced
20. 20.When Dad called, she ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) had (c) have
21. 21.When Dad called, I ___ already written a letter. (a) have (b) had (c) has
22. 22.We ___ for the team before the bell rang. (a) have clapped (b) had clap (c) had clapped (d) has clapped
23. 23.By the time we reached, you ___ on the stage. (a) had danced (b) had dance (c) have danced (d) has danced
24. 24.By the time Mum came home, my cousins ___ a picture. (a) has drawn (b) have drawn (c) had drawn (d) had drew
25. 25.Farhan ___ science before Mum came home. (a) had study (b) have studied (c) had studied (d) has studied
26. 26.He ___ a kite before Mum came home. (a) has flown (b) had flew (c) had flown (d) have flown
27. 27.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) has written (c) have written (d) had written
28. 28.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a letter. (a) had written (b) has written (c) had wrote (d) have written
29. 29.When Dad called, we ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) had (c) have
30. 30.The students ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) had make (b) has made (c) had made (d) have made
31. 31.When Dad called, we ___ already jogged in the park. (a) have (b) has (c) had
32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, Ananya ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) had taken (d) have taken
33. 33.When Dad called, my cousins ___ already drawn a picture. (a) has (b) had (c) have
34. 34.By the time Mum came home, they ___ a cartoon. (a) have watched (b) has watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
35. 35.When Dad called, I ___ already made tea. (a) had (b) has (c) have
36. 36.By the time the bell rang, Rahul ___ the bag. (a) have carried (b) had carry (c) had carried (d) has carried
37. 37.Vivaan ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) have planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) has planted
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, we ___ science. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) had study
39. 39.My brother ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) have bought (b) had buy (c) had bought (d) has bought
40. 40.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ Hindi. (a) had spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken

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