Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 35 · 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.He ___ a bicycle before it got dark. (a) have ridden (b) has ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
2. 2.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ a story. (a) has told (b) have told (c) had told (d) had tell
3. 3.When Dad called, he ___ already played cricket. (a) has (b) had (c) have
4. 4.You ___ a song before it got dark. (a) had sung (b) had sang (c) have sung (d) has sung
5. 5.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ a song. (a) had sang (b) have sung (c) had sung (d) has sung
6. 6.He ___ cricket before the bell rang. (a) has played (b) had played (c) had play (d) have played
7. 7.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ the ball. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had thrown (d) had threw
8. 8.When Dad called, they ___ already planted a tree. (a) have (b) had (c) has
9. 9.She ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) had make (b) has made (c) had made (d) have made
10. 10.By the time we reached, we ___ vegetables. (a) have bought (b) had bought (c) has bought (d) had buy
11. 11.When Dad called, we ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) has (c) had
12. 12.My friends ___ tea before it got dark. (a) have made (b) has made (c) had made (d) had make
13. 13.My cousins ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) has sung (b) had sung (c) had sang (d) have sung
14. 14.She ___ a bicycle before it got dark. (a) had rode (b) had ridden (c) have ridden (d) has ridden
15. 15.When Dad called, they ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) had (c) have
16. 16.By the time the guests arrived, they ___ the match. (a) has won (b) have won (c) had won (d) had win
17. 17.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) have jogged (c) has jogged (d) had jogged
18. 18.When Dad called, Rahul ___ already fed the dog. (a) had (b) have (c) has
19. 19.Karan ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) has planted (b) had plant (c) had planted (d) have planted
20. 20.We ___ the bag before the bell rang. (a) had carry (b) have carried (c) has carried (d) had carried
21. 21.My parents ___ a cake before the bell rang. (a) had bake (b) has baked (c) had baked (d) have baked
22. 22.They ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) have baked (b) had baked (c) has baked (d) had bake
23. 23.She ___ Hindi before Mum came home. (a) had spoke (b) has spoken (c) had spoken (d) have spoken
24. 24.Ira ___ a story before the guests arrived. (a) had tell (b) has told (c) have told (d) had told
25. 25.They ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) have taken (b) has taken (c) had taken (d) had took
26. 26.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ in the park. (a) has jogged (b) have jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
27. 27.Aisha ___ the train before Mum came home. (a) had took (b) has taken (c) have taken (d) had taken
28. 28.My sister ___ a letter before the bell rang. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had wrote (d) had written
29. 29.I ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) had send (b) have sent (c) has sent (d) had sent
30. 30.My brother ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) have sung (b) had sang (c) has sung (d) had sung
31. 31.The students ___ vegetables before it got dark. (a) had bought (b) had buy (c) have bought (d) has bought
32. 32.They ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) have planted (b) has planted (c) had plant (d) had planted
33. 33.By the time the guests arrived, Vivaan ___ science. (a) had studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) has studied
34. 34.By the time the bell rang, Neel ___ Grandma. (a) had help (b) have helped (c) has helped (d) had helped
35. 35.When Dad called, we ___ already run in the park. (a) have (b) has (c) had
36. 36.When Dad called, I ___ already written a letter. (a) has (b) had (c) have
37. 37.I ___ a kite before Mum came home. (a) has flown (b) had flew (c) have flown (d) had flown
38. 38.When Dad called, he ___ already baked a cake. (a) have (b) had (c) has
39. 39.You ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) has baked (b) have baked (c) had bake (d) had baked
40. 40.When Dad called, we ___ already danced on the stage. (a) had (b) has (c) have

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