Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 373 · 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.You ___ Hindi before Mum came home. (a) had spoken (b) has spoken (c) had spoke (d) have spoken
2. 2.By the time we reached, he ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) had written (d) has written
3. 3.Zoya ___ in the pool before Mum came home. (a) had swum (b) has swum (c) had swam (d) have swum
4. 4.We ___ the dishes before the guests arrived. (a) had washed (b) have washed (c) had wash (d) has washed
5. 5.By the time the guests arrived, we ___ a mango. (a) had ate (b) have eaten (c) had eaten (d) has eaten
6. 6.When Dad called, Meera ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) had (c) have
7. 7.When Dad called, Diya ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) have (c) had
8. 8.I ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) have cooked (b) has cooked (c) had cook (d) had cooked
9. 9.By the time the bell rang, we ___ a letter. (a) had wrote (b) have written (c) had written (d) has written
10. 10.When Dad called, we ___ already played cricket. (a) had (b) has (c) have
11. 11.When Dad called, my parents ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) have (c) has
12. 12.My sister ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) has climbed (b) have climbed (c) had climb (d) had climbed
13. 13.By the time Mum came home, they ___ a tree. (a) had planted (b) had plant (c) have planted (d) has planted
14. 14.When Dad called, my brother ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) have (c) had
15. 15.When Dad called, you ___ already drawn a picture. (a) have (b) has (c) had
16. 16.She ___ milk before it got dark. (a) had drank (b) has drunk (c) have drunk (d) had drunk
17. 17.My friends ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) has run (b) had ran (c) had run (d) have run
18. 18.They ___ a cake before the guests arrived. (a) have baked (b) had bake (c) has baked (d) had baked
19. 19.By the time the bell rang, she ___ the ball. (a) have thrown (b) had threw (c) had thrown (d) has thrown
20. 20.I ___ to school before the bell rang. (a) have gone (b) had went (c) had gone (d) has gone
21. 21.When Dad called, I ___ already climbed a tree. (a) has (b) had (c) have
22. 22.By the time the bell rang, we ___ tea. (a) had made (b) has made (c) have made (d) had make
23. 23.By the time Mum came home, she ___ the ball. (a) had caught (b) have caught (c) had catch (d) has caught
24. 24.When Dad called, they ___ already climbed a tree. (a) have (b) had (c) has
25. 25.By the time we reached, my sister ___ rice. (a) has cooked (b) have cooked (c) had cook (d) had cooked
26. 26.By the time the bell rang, they ___ cricket. (a) had play (b) have played (c) has played (d) had played
27. 27.They ___ a cake before Mum came home. (a) has baked (b) had baked (c) have baked (d) had bake
28. 28.You ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) have cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) had clean
29. 29.I ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) had helped (b) have helped (c) has helped (d) had help
30. 30.By the time the guests arrived, my friends ___ to school. (a) has gone (b) have gone (c) had went (d) had gone
31. 31.Sneha ___ the ball before Mum came home. (a) have thrown (b) had thrown (c) has thrown (d) had threw
32. 32.We ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) have written (b) has written (c) had written (d) had wrote
33. 33.My sister ___ tea before the bell rang. (a) has made (b) had make (c) had made (d) have made
34. 34.He ___ a tree before the bell rang. (a) has planted (b) had planted (c) have planted (d) had plant
35. 35.By the time the bell rang, he ___ the dishes. (a) had washed (b) had wash (c) has washed (d) have washed
36. 36.We ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) has thrown (b) had threw (c) have thrown (d) had thrown
37. 37.By the time the guests arrived, Arjun ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sung (c) had sang (d) have sung
38. 38.When Dad called, Omkar ___ already made tea. (a) has (b) had (c) have
39. 39.You ___ Hindi before it got dark. (a) have spoken (b) had spoken (c) has spoken (d) had spoke
40. 40.By the time the guests arrived, she ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) had spoke (c) have spoken (d) had spoken

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