Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 328 · 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, my sister ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) has (c) had
2. 2.By the time the bell rang, they ___ a story. (a) had tell (b) had told (c) have told (d) has told
3. 3.When Dad called, I ___ already taken the train. (a) have (b) has (c) had
4. 4.When Dad called, we ___ already bought vegetables. (a) have (b) had (c) has
5. 5.The students ___ rice before it got dark. (a) have cooked (b) has cooked (c) had cook (d) had cooked
6. 6.By the time we reached, he ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) have thrown (d) had threw
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ tea. (a) has made (b) had make (c) had made (d) have made
8. 8.By the time the bell rang, my cousins ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) has written (c) have written (d) had written
9. 9.My parents ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) had jog (b) had jogged (c) has jogged (d) have jogged
10. 10.When Dad called, Ira ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) has (c) had
11. 11.By the time we reached, he ___ the dishes. (a) had wash (b) had washed (c) has washed (d) have washed
12. 12.By the time Mum came home, you ___ milk. (a) had drank (b) have drunk (c) has drunk (d) had drunk
13. 13.By the time we reached, Nisha ___ the dishes. (a) have washed (b) has washed (c) had wash (d) had washed
14. 14.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) has baked (c) had bake (d) have baked
15. 15.Yash ___ milk before the guests arrived. (a) has drunk (b) had drunk (c) have drunk (d) had drank
16. 16.He ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) had caught (b) have caught (c) had catch (d) has caught
17. 17.By the time the bell rang, we ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) has jogged (c) have jogged (d) had jogged
18. 18.My sister ___ the bag before the bell rang. (a) had carry (b) has carried (c) have carried (d) had carried
19. 19.When Dad called, Ananya ___ already sung a song. (a) have (b) had (c) has
20. 20.You ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) have sent (b) had sent (c) had send (d) has sent
21. 21.He ___ for the team before the guests arrived. (a) has clapped (b) had clapped (c) had clap (d) have clapped
22. 22.He ___ tea before Mum came home. (a) had made (b) had make (c) have made (d) has made
23. 23.When Dad called, they ___ already studied science. (a) has (b) have (c) had
24. 24.When Dad called, Diya ___ already jogged in the park. (a) had (b) has (c) have
25. 25.I ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) has helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) had helped
26. 26.We ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) has cleaned (b) had clean (c) have cleaned (d) had cleaned
27. 27.When Dad called, they ___ already sung a song. (a) has (b) had (c) have
28. 28.We ___ a kite before the bell rang. (a) have flown (b) had flew (c) has flown (d) had flown
29. 29.When Dad called, I ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) have (b) had (c) has
30. 30.When Dad called, she ___ already spoken Hindi. (a) has (b) had (c) have
31. 31.By the time Mum came home, she ___ a mango. (a) has eaten (b) had ate (c) had eaten (d) have eaten
32. 32.When Dad called, my brother ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) had (c) has
33. 33.Ananya ___ to school before it got dark. (a) had went (b) has gone (c) had gone (d) have gone
34. 34.You ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) had run (b) had ran (c) has run (d) have run
35. 35.You ___ Hindi before it got dark. (a) had spoke (b) had spoken (c) have spoken (d) has spoken
36. 36.When Dad called, they ___ already helped Grandma. (a) has (b) have (c) had
37. 37.My parents ___ rice before the bell rang. (a) had cook (b) had cooked (c) have cooked (d) has cooked
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ to school. (a) had went (b) have gone (c) had gone (d) has gone
39. 39.When Dad called, Aditya ___ already fed the dog. (a) have (b) has (c) had
40. 40.Ananya ___ the ball before the guests arrived. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown

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