Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 301 · 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 we reached, Kabir ___ for the team. (a) has clapped (b) had clap (c) had clapped (d) have clapped
2. 2.When Dad called, they ___ already gone to school. (a) had (b) has (c) have
3. 3.When Dad called, my brother ___ already written a letter. (a) had (b) have (c) has
4. 4.By the time the bell rang, he ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) had written (d) has written
5. 5.When Dad called, she ___ already planted a tree. (a) has (b) have (c) had
6. 6.By the time Mum came home, I ___ Grandma. (a) had helped (b) has helped (c) have helped (d) had help
7. 7.By the time we reached, my cousins ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) had watch
8. 8.By the time the guests arrived, Isha ___ the match. (a) has won (b) have won (c) had won (d) had win
9. 9.When Dad called, they ___ already thrown the ball. (a) has (b) had (c) have
10. 10.When Dad called, you ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) had (c) has
11. 11.By the time we reached, I ___ the ball. (a) has caught (b) had caught (c) had catch (d) have caught
12. 12.We ___ a song before the guests arrived. (a) have sung (b) has sung (c) had sung (d) had sang
13. 13.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a message. (a) has sent (b) had sent (c) have sent (d) had send
14. 14.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) have flown (c) had flown (d) has flown
15. 15.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ a mango. (a) have eaten (b) had eaten (c) had ate (d) has eaten
16. 16.When Dad called, you ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) had (c) have
17. 17.By the time the guests arrived, my sister ___ the match. (a) have won (b) had win (c) has won (d) had won
18. 18.We ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) had studied (d) have studied
19. 19.When Dad called, Rahul ___ already gone to school. (a) had (b) has (c) have
20. 20.By the time the guests arrived, Meera ___ for the team. (a) had clapped (b) has clapped (c) had clap (d) have clapped
21. 21.When Dad called, he ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) have (c) had
22. 22.By the time the bell rang, they ___ in the park. (a) has jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
23. 23.She ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) had sent (b) had send (c) has sent (d) have sent
24. 24.When Dad called, I ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) have (c) has
25. 25.When Dad called, Neel ___ already written a letter. (a) have (b) has (c) had
26. 26.When Dad called, you ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) had (c) has
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, you ___ the dog. (a) had fed (b) has fed (c) had feed (d) have fed
28. 28.When Dad called, we ___ already flown a kite. (a) have (b) has (c) had
29. 29.You ___ to school before the bell rang. (a) have gone (b) had gone (c) had went (d) has gone
30. 30.By the time Mum came home, Tara ___ tea. (a) had made (b) has made (c) have made (d) had make
31. 31.I ___ the dishes before the bell rang. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had washed (d) had wash
32. 32.When Dad called, I ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) has (c) had
33. 33.She ___ the dishes before the bell rang. (a) has washed (b) have washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
34. 34.You ___ science before it got dark. (a) have studied (b) had study (c) had studied (d) has studied
35. 35.By the time Mum came home, Arjun ___ a cake. (a) had bake (b) had baked (c) has baked (d) have baked
36. 36.By the time we reached, I ___ in the park. (a) have jogged (b) had jog (c) has jogged (d) had jogged
37. 37.When Dad called, Ira ___ already planted a tree. (a) have (b) had (c) has
38. 38.You ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) have sung (b) has sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
39. 39.She ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) had ran (b) has run (c) have run (d) had run
40. 40.My brother ___ a bicycle before the guests arrived. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode

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