Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 300 · 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 Mum came home, my sister ___ a cake. (a) have baked (b) had baked (c) has baked (d) had bake
2. 2.You ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) has told (b) had told (c) have told (d) had tell
3. 3.We ___ lunch before the guests arrived. (a) has brought (b) had bring (c) had brought (d) have brought
4. 4.We ___ milk before the bell rang. (a) had drank (b) have drunk (c) had drunk (d) has drunk
5. 5.When Dad called, my brother ___ already told a story. (a) had (b) have (c) has
6. 6.When Dad called, you ___ already climbed a tree. (a) had (b) has (c) have
7. 7.You ___ a song before it got dark. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
8. 8.When Dad called, we ___ already climbed a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
9. 9.When Dad called, you ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) have (c) had
10. 10.By the time the bell rang, she ___ lunch. (a) had brought (b) had bring (c) has brought (d) have brought
11. 11.She ___ rice before the bell rang. (a) have cooked (b) had cook (c) had cooked (d) has cooked
12. 12.When Dad called, Tara ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) has (c) had
13. 13.He ___ vegetables before the guests arrived. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
14. 14.By the time Mum came home, Karan ___ a tree. (a) had climb (b) have climbed (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
15. 15.My brother ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had run (b) have run (c) has run (d) had ran
16. 16.My friends ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) had buy (b) had bought (c) has bought (d) have bought
17. 17.When Dad called, Myra ___ already played cricket. (a) have (b) had (c) has
18. 18.By the time we reached, they ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had written (d) had wrote
19. 19.By the time the bell rang, I ___ science. (a) have studied (b) had study (c) has studied (d) had studied
20. 20.He ___ rice before the guests arrived. (a) have cooked (b) has cooked (c) had cooked (d) had cook
21. 21.I ___ a kite before Mum came home. (a) had flew (b) had flown (c) have flown (d) has flown
22. 22.When Dad called, Meera ___ already washed the dishes. (a) have (b) has (c) had
23. 23.By the time Mum came home, Yash ___ in the park. (a) had run (b) has run (c) had ran (d) have run
24. 24.I ___ a message before the guests arrived. (a) had send (b) has sent (c) have sent (d) had sent
25. 25.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ to school. (a) has gone (b) had went (c) have gone (d) had gone
26. 26.By the time we reached, Dev ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) has played (c) had played (d) have played
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sang (c) have sung (d) had sung
28. 28.By the time the guests arrived, Rohan ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) have played (c) has played (d) had played
29. 29.When Dad called, we ___ already planted a tree. (a) had (b) have (c) has
30. 30.When Dad called, Aarav ___ already played cricket. (a) had (b) have (c) has
31. 31.She ___ vegetables before the guests arrived. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had buy (d) had bought
32. 32.When Dad called, Omkar ___ already sent a message. (a) have (b) has (c) had
33. 33.He ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) have swum (b) has swum (c) had swam (d) had swum
34. 34.They ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown
35. 35.She ___ lunch before it got dark. (a) has brought (b) had brought (c) had bring (d) have brought
36. 36.Kunal ___ a song before the guests arrived. (a) has sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) have sung
37. 37.You ___ a mango before it got dark. (a) have eaten (b) had eaten (c) has eaten (d) had ate
38. 38.Aditya ___ to school before Mum came home. (a) had went (b) have gone (c) has gone (d) had gone
39. 39.You ___ a cap before Mum came home. (a) have worn (b) has worn (c) had wore (d) had worn
40. 40.By the time we reached, Kabir ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) has climbed

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