Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 306 · 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.When Dad called, Priya ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
2. 2.When Dad called, you ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) have (c) has
3. 3.By the time Mum came home, I ___ milk. (a) have drunk (b) has drunk (c) had drunk (d) had drank
4. 4.By the time we reached, he ___ a message. (a) have sent (b) has sent (c) had send (d) had sent
5. 5.By the time we reached, we ___ the ball. (a) had threw (b) has thrown (c) have thrown (d) had thrown
6. 6.When Dad called, Vivaan ___ already taken the train. (a) had (b) have (c) has
7. 7.He ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) had cleaned (b) had clean (c) have cleaned (d) has cleaned
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a story. (a) has told (b) had told (c) have told (d) had tell
9. 9.We ___ a cake before the bell rang. (a) had bake (b) has baked (c) have baked (d) had baked
10. 10.He ___ on the stage before it got dark. (a) have danced (b) has danced (c) had dance (d) had danced
11. 11.They ___ the dishes before Mum came home. (a) had wash (b) had washed (c) have washed (d) has washed
12. 12.He ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) has climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) have climbed
13. 13.He ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) have taken (b) had took (c) has taken (d) had taken
14. 14.She ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) have ridden (b) had rode (c) has ridden (d) had ridden
15. 15.When Dad called, Diya ___ already made tea. (a) have (b) had (c) has
16. 16.By the time we reached, she ___ a message. (a) have sent (b) had send (c) had sent (d) has sent
17. 17.By the time the bell rang, you ___ tea. (a) had make (b) had made (c) have made (d) has made
18. 18.By the time the bell rang, she ___ science. (a) has studied (b) had study (c) have studied (d) had studied
19. 19.We ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) has taken (b) had taken (c) have taken (d) had took
20. 20.My sister ___ to school before Mum came home. (a) have gone (b) has gone (c) had went (d) had gone
21. 21.She ___ science before the bell rang. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) had studied
22. 22.When Dad called, you ___ already fed the dog. (a) have (b) had (c) has
23. 23.By the time Mum came home, she ___ in the pool. (a) had swum (b) had swam (c) has swum (d) have swum
24. 24.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ cricket. (a) has played (b) had played (c) had play (d) have played
25. 25.My parents ___ milk before Mum came home. (a) have drunk (b) has drunk (c) had drank (d) had drunk
26. 26.Priya ___ a story before the bell rang. (a) has told (b) had told (c) have told (d) had tell
27. 27.Arjun ___ the room before the guests arrived. (a) has cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
28. 28.Nisha ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) had threw (b) had thrown (c) have thrown (d) has thrown
29. 29.She ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) had study (b) has studied (c) had studied (d) have studied
30. 30.You ___ a message before the bell rang. (a) had sent (b) has sent (c) have sent (d) had send
31. 31.When Dad called, he ___ already built a sandcastle. (a) has (b) had (c) have
32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) had climbed (c) had climb (d) has climbed
33. 33.When Dad called, I ___ already studied science. (a) had (b) has (c) have
34. 34.When Dad called, she ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) have (c) had
35. 35.By the time the bell rang, I ___ a letter. (a) has written (b) had wrote (c) have written (d) had written
36. 36.Vivaan ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) has cooked (b) had cooked (c) have cooked (d) had cook
37. 37.When Dad called, she ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) have (c) had
38. 38.I ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) had planted (b) has planted (c) had plant (d) have planted
39. 39.When Dad called, Pooja ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) had (c) has
40. 40.When Dad called, you ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) has (c) had

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