Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 364 · 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.The students ___ the train before the bell rang. (a) has taken (b) had took (c) had taken (d) have taken
2. 2.My brother ___ a picture before Mum came home. (a) has drawn (b) have drawn (c) had drawn (d) had drew
3. 3.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a picture. (a) have drawn (b) had drew (c) had drawn (d) has drawn
4. 4.By the time we reached, Kavya ___ a picture. (a) have drawn (b) has drawn (c) had drew (d) had drawn
5. 5.Kavya ___ the match before the bell rang. (a) has won (b) had win (c) have won (d) had won
6. 6.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ in the park. (a) had ran (b) have run (c) has run (d) had run
7. 7.I ___ milk before the guests arrived. (a) has drunk (b) had drank (c) had drunk (d) have drunk
8. 8.By the time we reached, we ___ a story. (a) had tell (b) has told (c) had told (d) have told
9. 9.We ___ cricket before it got dark. (a) had played (b) has played (c) had play (d) have played
10. 10.By the time Mum came home, my brother ___ vegetables. (a) has bought (b) had buy (c) have bought (d) had bought
11. 11.By the time we reached, we ___ in the pool. (a) has swum (b) had swam (c) had swum (d) have swum
12. 12.By the time we reached, he ___ a cartoon. (a) has watched (b) had watch (c) have watched (d) had watched
13. 13.When Dad called, he ___ already bought vegetables. (a) had (b) has (c) have
14. 14.By the time the bell rang, you ___ a message. (a) had sent (b) has sent (c) had send (d) have sent
15. 15.My brother ___ in the park before the guests arrived. (a) have run (b) had ran (c) has run (d) had run
16. 16.When Dad called, you ___ already sent a message. (a) has (b) had (c) have
17. 17.By the time the bell rang, she ___ a message. (a) had send (b) have sent (c) had sent (d) has sent
18. 18.When Dad called, we ___ already bought vegetables. (a) have (b) has (c) had
19. 19.My brother ___ cricket before Mum came home. (a) has played (b) had played (c) have played (d) had play
20. 20.He ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) have jogged (b) had jog (c) had jogged (d) has jogged
21. 21.By the time the bell rang, my sister ___ science. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) had study
22. 22.When Dad called, I ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) had (c) has
23. 23.My sister ___ a mango before the bell rang. (a) had eaten (b) had ate (c) have eaten (d) has eaten
24. 24.He ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) has bought (b) had buy (c) have bought (d) had bought
25. 25.When Dad called, he ___ already brought lunch. (a) have (b) has (c) had
26. 26.By the time we reached, I ___ milk. (a) has drunk (b) have drunk (c) had drunk (d) had drank
27. 27.When Dad called, the children ___ already studied science. (a) have (b) had (c) has
28. 28.By the time we reached, we ___ the dishes. (a) have washed (b) has washed (c) had washed (d) had wash
29. 29.By the time Mum came home, Omkar ___ a bicycle. (a) have ridden (b) had ridden (c) has ridden (d) had rode
30. 30.When Dad called, you ___ already clapped for the team. (a) had (b) have (c) has
31. 31.When Dad called, Rahul ___ already washed the dishes. (a) has (b) have (c) had
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, she ___ Grandma. (a) has helped (b) have helped (c) had help (d) had helped
33. 33.When Dad called, we ___ already written a letter. (a) had (b) has (c) have
34. 34.By the time we reached, we ___ the dog. (a) have fed (b) has fed (c) had fed (d) had feed
35. 35.He ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) has made (b) had make (c) have made (d) had made
36. 36.When Dad called, they ___ already climbed a tree. (a) have (b) has (c) had
37. 37.When Dad called, we ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) have (c) had
38. 38.By the time Mum came home, I ___ cricket. (a) has played (b) had play (c) had played (d) have played
39. 39.My sister ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) had wrote (b) has written (c) have written (d) had written
40. 40.He ___ cricket before it got dark. (a) have played (b) has played (c) had play (d) had played

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