Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 387 · 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.We ___ rice before Mum came home. (a) has cooked (b) have cooked (c) had cooked (d) had cook
2. 2.By the time the bell rang, we ___ Hindi. (a) had spoke (b) had spoken (c) have spoken (d) has spoken
3. 3.You ___ a song before Mum came home. (a) had sung (b) had sang (c) have sung (d) has sung
4. 4.When Dad called, Karan ___ already thrown the ball. (a) has (b) have (c) had
5. 5.They ___ Hindi before it got dark. (a) have spoken (b) had spoken (c) has spoken (d) had spoke
6. 6.They ___ vegetables before Mum came home. (a) had buy (b) had bought (c) has bought (d) have bought
7. 7.When Dad called, you ___ already carried the bag. (a) have (b) has (c) had
8. 8.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a cap. (a) have worn (b) had wore (c) had worn (d) has worn
9. 9.By the time we reached, the students ___ in the park. (a) had ran (b) had run (c) has run (d) have run
10. 10.When Dad called, I ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) has (b) have (c) had
11. 11.By the time we reached, I ___ the ball. (a) has caught (b) had catch (c) had caught (d) have caught
12. 12.By the time the bell rang, Omkar ___ a sandcastle. (a) had built (b) have built (c) had build (d) has built
13. 13.When Dad called, my parents ___ already cleaned the room. (a) had (b) has (c) have
14. 14.Tara ___ a cartoon before the guests arrived. (a) have watched (b) has watched (c) had watch (d) had watched
15. 15.Priya ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) has helped (b) had helped (c) had help (d) have helped
16. 16.My sister ___ in the pool before it got dark. (a) had swum (b) has swum (c) have swum (d) had swam
17. 17.Manav ___ a cap before it got dark. (a) has worn (b) had worn (c) have worn (d) had wore
18. 18.When Dad called, I ___ already won the match. (a) have (b) had (c) has
19. 19.You ___ a picture before Mum came home. (a) had drew (b) has drawn (c) have drawn (d) had drawn
20. 20.My brother ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) have climbed (b) has climbed (c) had climb (d) had climbed
21. 21.You ___ science before the bell rang. (a) has studied (b) had studied (c) have studied (d) had study
22. 22.By the time the bell rang, he ___ Hindi. (a) has spoken (b) had spoken (c) have spoken (d) had spoke
23. 23.My sister ___ the room before it got dark. (a) has cleaned (b) have cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) had clean
24. 24.When Dad called, I ___ already baked a cake. (a) have (b) has (c) had
25. 25.I ___ a cartoon before Mum came home. (a) had watch (b) has watched (c) have watched (d) had watched
26. 26.They ___ science before Mum came home. (a) have studied (b) had studied (c) has studied (d) had study
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, we ___ a sandcastle. (a) has built (b) had built (c) have built (d) had build
28. 28.By the time the bell rang, my parents ___ vegetables. (a) has bought (b) have bought (c) had bought (d) had buy
29. 29.They ___ the room before it got dark. (a) have cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) had clean (d) has cleaned
30. 30.We ___ the match before Mum came home. (a) had won (b) had win (c) has won (d) have won
31. 31.By the time we reached, Kabir ___ a bicycle. (a) had ridden (b) have ridden (c) had rode (d) has ridden
32. 32.Kunal ___ to school before the bell rang. (a) had went (b) had gone (c) have gone (d) has gone
33. 33.By the time the guests arrived, he ___ a song. (a) had sang (b) has sung (c) had sung (d) have sung
34. 34.When Dad called, you ___ already won the match. (a) has (b) had (c) have
35. 35.When Dad called, I ___ already cleaned the room. (a) has (b) had (c) have
36. 36.You ___ Hindi before the bell rang. (a) has spoken (b) have spoken (c) had spoken (d) had spoke
37. 37.You ___ in the pool before it got dark. (a) had swum (b) had swam (c) have swum (d) has swum
38. 38.By the time we reached, we ___ milk. (a) have drunk (b) had drunk (c) has drunk (d) had drank
39. 39.When Dad called, my sister ___ already thrown the ball. (a) had (b) have (c) has
40. 40.When Dad called, he ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) had (b) has (c) have

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