Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 341 · 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.Myra ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) have taken (b) had took (c) had taken (d) has taken
2. 2.When Dad called, my brother ___ already ridden a bicycle. (a) have (b) had (c) has
3. 3.By the time Mum came home, Arjun ___ science. (a) have studied (b) has studied (c) had study (d) had studied
4. 4.I ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) have sung (b) has sung (c) had sung (d) had sang
5. 5.My parents ___ a message before the bell rang. (a) has sent (b) have sent (c) had send (d) had sent
6. 6.My friends ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) has made (b) had make (c) had made (d) have made
7. 7.He ___ Grandma before the bell rang. (a) had help (b) have helped (c) had helped (d) has helped
8. 8.You ___ a picture before the bell rang. (a) have drawn (b) has drawn (c) had drew (d) had drawn
9. 9.By the time Mum came home, he ___ Grandma. (a) has helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) had helped
10. 10.Ananya ___ cricket before the bell rang. (a) has played (b) had played (c) had play (d) have played
11. 11.He ___ a story before Mum came home. (a) has told (b) have told (c) had told (d) had tell
12. 12.By the time Mum came home, my sister ___ a message. (a) has sent (b) had send (c) had sent (d) have sent
13. 13.Ira ___ on the stage before the guests arrived. (a) had dance (b) have danced (c) had danced (d) has danced
14. 14.By the time Mum came home, we ___ rice. (a) have cooked (b) has cooked (c) had cooked (d) had cook
15. 15.Rohan ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) had buy (b) had bought (c) have bought (d) has bought
16. 16.When Dad called, we ___ already cleaned the room. (a) had (b) have (c) has
17. 17.We ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) have helped (b) had help (c) has helped (d) had helped
18. 18.By the time Mum came home, you ___ science. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) had study (d) has studied
19. 19.When Dad called, you ___ already drawn a picture. (a) had (b) has (c) have
20. 20.We ___ science before the guests arrived. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) had study
21. 21.The children ___ Hindi before the guests arrived. (a) has spoken (b) had spoken (c) have spoken (d) had spoke
22. 22.By the time we reached, we ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) has sung (c) had sang (d) had sung
23. 23.By the time the guests arrived, Ishaan ___ the train. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) had taken (d) have taken
24. 24.My brother ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) have taken (b) had taken (c) had took (d) has taken
25. 25.Kunal ___ a sandcastle before Mum came home. (a) has built (b) had built (c) had build (d) have built
26. 26.By the time Mum came home, you ___ in the park. (a) had ran (b) has run (c) had run (d) have run
27. 27.We ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) had wrote (b) had written (c) has written (d) have written
28. 28.They ___ for the team before the bell rang. (a) had clap (b) had clapped (c) have clapped (d) has clapped
29. 29.We ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) have written (b) had wrote (c) had written (d) has written
30. 30.By the time we reached, he ___ lunch. (a) have brought (b) has brought (c) had brought (d) had bring
31. 31.We ___ the match before Mum came home. (a) had win (b) have won (c) had won (d) has won
32. 32.My friends ___ a tree before Mum came home. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) have planted (d) had planted
33. 33.By the time we reached, they ___ in the park. (a) have run (b) had ran (c) has run (d) had run
34. 34.When Dad called, my parents ___ already jogged in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
35. 35.By the time we reached, I ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) had sung (c) has sung (d) had sang
36. 36.We ___ on the stage before it got dark. (a) have danced (b) has danced (c) had danced (d) had dance
37. 37.By the time we reached, Priya ___ on the stage. (a) have danced (b) had danced (c) has danced (d) had dance
38. 38.By the time the guests arrived, Aditya ___ the ball. (a) had catch (b) have caught (c) had caught (d) has caught
39. 39.When Dad called, he ___ already danced on the stage. (a) had (b) have (c) has
40. 40.When Dad called, I ___ already planted a tree. (a) have (b) has (c) had

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