Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 378 · 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.When Dad called, my friends ___ already gone to school. (a) had (b) has (c) have
2. 2.When Dad called, she ___ already gone to school. (a) has (b) have (c) had
3. 3.When Dad called, you ___ already won the match. (a) has (b) have (c) had
4. 4.When Dad called, she ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) have (c) had
5. 5.The children ___ a sandcastle before the guests arrived. (a) had build (b) had built (c) have built (d) has built
6. 6.My sister ___ a message before it got dark. (a) have sent (b) had sent (c) has sent (d) had send
7. 7.They ___ rice before it got dark. (a) had cook (b) had cooked (c) have cooked (d) has cooked
8. 8.When Dad called, my sister ___ already cooked rice. (a) have (b) had (c) has
9. 9.My brother ___ a bicycle before the bell rang. (a) have ridden (b) has ridden (c) had ridden (d) had rode
10. 10.When Dad called, they ___ already taken the train. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.When Dad called, I ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) have (c) has
12. 12.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ science. (a) have studied (b) had study (c) has studied (d) had studied
13. 13.By the time we reached, I ___ a song. (a) has sung (b) had sang (c) had sung (d) have sung
14. 14.Kunal ___ a mango before Mum came home. (a) have eaten (b) has eaten (c) had eaten (d) had ate
15. 15.I ___ on the stage before it got dark. (a) has danced (b) have danced (c) had dance (d) had danced
16. 16.When Dad called, Zoya ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) had (c) have
17. 17.You ___ a kite before Mum came home. (a) had flown (b) had flew (c) has flown (d) have flown
18. 18.We ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) has sent (b) had send (c) had sent (d) have sent
19. 19.When Dad called, I ___ already sung a song. (a) had (b) has (c) have
20. 20.By the time Mum came home, the children ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) had sung (c) has sung (d) had sang
21. 21.By the time Mum came home, they ___ lunch. (a) have brought (b) had bring (c) has brought (d) had brought
22. 22.By the time we reached, Kunal ___ the dishes. (a) had washed (b) has washed (c) had wash (d) have washed
23. 23.By the time we reached, my sister ___ milk. (a) had drunk (b) had drank (c) have drunk (d) has drunk
24. 24.You ___ a sandcastle before it got dark. (a) have built (b) had build (c) had built (d) has built
25. 25.When Dad called, Pooja ___ already bought vegetables. (a) has (b) have (c) had
26. 26.By the time the bell rang, she ___ to school. (a) has gone (b) had went (c) have gone (d) had gone
27. 27.Sneha ___ a cake before the bell rang. (a) has baked (b) had bake (c) had baked (d) have baked
28. 28.I ___ the match before the guests arrived. (a) has won (b) have won (c) had win (d) had won
29. 29.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ cricket. (a) have played (b) has played (c) had play (d) had played
30. 30.They ___ a picture before it got dark. (a) had drew (b) have drawn (c) has drawn (d) had drawn
31. 31.By the time the guests arrived, Yash ___ a song. (a) had sung (b) have sung (c) has sung (d) had sang
32. 32.By the time the bell rang, he ___ in the park. (a) had jog (b) have jogged (c) had jogged (d) has jogged
33. 33.Omkar ___ in the park before Mum came home. (a) have run (b) has run (c) had run (d) had ran
34. 34.When Dad called, my sister ___ already gone to school. (a) have (b) has (c) had
35. 35.She ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) has thrown (b) have thrown (c) had threw (d) had thrown
36. 36.By the time the guests arrived, you ___ in the park. (a) had run (b) has run (c) have run (d) had ran
37. 37.By the time the bell rang, she ___ in the park. (a) has run (b) had ran (c) have run (d) had run
38. 38.By the time the bell rang, Farhan ___ on the stage. (a) have danced (b) has danced (c) had danced (d) had dance
39. 39.When Dad called, the children ___ already played cricket. (a) had (b) have (c) has
40. 40.You ___ a letter before the guests arrived. (a) has written (b) have written (c) had wrote (d) had written

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