Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 332 · 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 the guests arrived, Dev ___ the match. (a) had won (b) have won (c) has won (d) had win
2. 2.They ___ the dog before Mum came home. (a) has fed (b) had feed (c) have fed (d) had fed
3. 3.By the time the bell rang, Pooja ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoken (d) had spoke
4. 4.I ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) had win (b) has won (c) had won (d) have won
5. 5.He ___ a bicycle before Mum came home. (a) has ridden (b) have ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
6. 6.I ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) have played (b) has played (c) had play (d) had played
7. 7.My sister ___ a song before it got dark. (a) had sung (b) had sang (c) has sung (d) have sung
8. 8.By the time Mum came home, Pooja ___ in the park. (a) has run (b) have run (c) had run (d) had ran
9. 9.They ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) have watched (b) had watch (c) had watched (d) has watched
10. 10.You ___ a message before it got dark. (a) had send (b) had sent (c) have sent (d) has sent
11. 11.By the time the guests arrived, my parents ___ to school. (a) have gone (b) had gone (c) had went (d) has gone
12. 12.Rohan ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) had ate (b) has eaten (c) have eaten (d) had eaten
13. 13.I ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had written (d) had wrote
14. 14.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ to school. (a) had went (b) have gone (c) had gone (d) has gone
15. 15.Kunal ___ the match before the bell rang. (a) has won (b) had won (c) have won (d) had win
16. 16.When Dad called, they ___ already danced on the stage. (a) has (b) have (c) had
17. 17.He ___ a cap before Mum came home. (a) had worn (b) has worn (c) had wore (d) have worn
18. 18.By the time Mum came home, Ira ___ the dishes. (a) have washed (b) has washed (c) had washed (d) had wash
19. 19.By the time we reached, Nisha ___ a tree. (a) has climbed (b) have climbed (c) had climbed (d) had climb
20. 20.He ___ a bicycle before the guests arrived. (a) had ridden (b) had rode (c) have ridden (d) has ridden
21. 21.By the time Mum came home, Omkar ___ a tree. (a) have climbed (b) had climb (c) had climbed (d) has climbed
22. 22.By the time we reached, she ___ a bicycle. (a) have ridden (b) had rode (c) had ridden (d) has ridden
23. 23.My sister ___ lunch before the guests arrived. (a) had brought (b) had bring (c) have brought (d) has brought
24. 24.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) have watched (c) had watched (d) had watch
25. 25.Aarav ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) have made (b) has made (c) had make (d) had made
26. 26.When Dad called, she ___ already thrown the ball. (a) have (b) has (c) had
27. 27.They ___ milk before the bell rang. (a) had drank (b) had drunk (c) has drunk (d) have drunk
28. 28.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) have flown (c) had flown (d) has flown
29. 29.He ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) has spoken (b) had spoken (c) had spoke (d) have spoken
30. 30.I ___ Grandma before it got dark. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) has helped (d) had help
31. 31.We ___ the room before it got dark. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) had clean
32. 32.My brother ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) has swum (b) had swum (c) have swum (d) had swam
33. 33.When Dad called, he ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) has (c) have
34. 34.Diya ___ cricket before it got dark. (a) has played (b) had play (c) had played (d) have played
35. 35.I ___ the match before it got dark. (a) had won (b) had win (c) has won (d) have won
36. 36.By the time the bell rang, they ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) have sung (c) had sung (d) had sang
37. 37.Omkar ___ for the team before the guests arrived. (a) had clap (b) has clapped (c) had clapped (d) have clapped
38. 38.The children ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) had plant (b) has planted (c) had planted (d) have planted
39. 39.The children ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) has made (b) had make (c) have made (d) had made
40. 40.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ a picture. (a) had drew (b) have drawn (c) had drawn (d) has drawn

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