Past Perfect Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 17: Past perfect tense · Set 400 · 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, she ___ already eaten a mango. (a) had (b) have (c) has
2. 2.When Dad called, they ___ already carried the bag. (a) had (b) has (c) have
3. 3.When Dad called, Sneha ___ already sung a song. (a) has (b) had (c) have
4. 4.When Dad called, he ___ already baked a cake. (a) has (b) had (c) have
5. 5.My brother ___ a letter before it got dark. (a) have written (b) has written (c) had wrote (d) had written
6. 6.By the time the bell rang, Meera ___ a song. (a) have sung (b) had sung (c) has sung (d) had sang
7. 7.By the time Mum came home, she ___ lunch. (a) has brought (b) have brought (c) had brought (d) had bring
8. 8.When Dad called, he ___ already brought lunch. (a) has (b) have (c) had
9. 9.By the time Mum came home, Neel ___ on the stage. (a) had dance (b) have danced (c) had danced (d) has danced
10. 10.Diya ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) had clean (b) has cleaned (c) had cleaned (d) have cleaned
11. 11.Neel ___ the room before Mum came home. (a) has cleaned (b) had cleaned (c) had clean (d) have cleaned
12. 12.When Dad called, you ___ already run in the park. (a) has (b) have (c) had
13. 13.You ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) has sent (b) have sent (c) had send (d) had sent
14. 14.When Dad called, he ___ already taken the train. (a) has (b) have (c) had
15. 15.By the time the bell rang, Manav ___ vegetables. (a) has bought (b) had bought (c) had buy (d) have bought
16. 16.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ tea. (a) had make (b) have made (c) had made (d) has made
17. 17.He ___ a mango before the guests arrived. (a) had ate (b) had eaten (c) has eaten (d) have eaten
18. 18.She ___ a song before the bell rang. (a) had sung (b) had sang (c) has sung (d) have sung
19. 19.Meera ___ Hindi before it got dark. (a) have spoken (b) had spoken (c) had spoke (d) has spoken
20. 20.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ a cake. (a) had baked (b) had bake (c) have baked (d) has baked
21. 21.By the time we reached, I ___ lunch. (a) have brought (b) has brought (c) had bring (d) had brought
22. 22.By the time Mum came home, I ___ a tree. (a) had plant (b) had planted (c) has planted (d) have planted
23. 23.By the time the bell rang, she ___ to school. (a) had went (b) had gone (c) has gone (d) have gone
24. 24.By the time we reached, I ___ the dishes. (a) had wash (b) have washed (c) had washed (d) has washed
25. 25.By the time Mum came home, he ___ science. (a) has studied (b) have studied (c) had study (d) had studied
26. 26.By the time Mum came home, they ___ a kite. (a) had flew (b) have flown (c) had flown (d) has flown
27. 27.By the time Mum came home, you ___ a bicycle. (a) have ridden (b) had rode (c) had ridden (d) has ridden
28. 28.When Dad called, we ___ already made tea. (a) had (b) have (c) has
29. 29.We ___ the ball before the bell rang. (a) has thrown (b) had thrown (c) had threw (d) have thrown
30. 30.When Dad called, my friends ___ already helped Grandma. (a) have (b) has (c) had
31. 31.He ___ a message before Mum came home. (a) had sent (b) had send (c) have sent (d) has sent
32. 32.By the time the guests arrived, I ___ on the stage. (a) has danced (b) had danced (c) had dance (d) have danced
33. 33.By the time Mum came home, she ___ vegetables. (a) has bought (b) had buy (c) have bought (d) had bought
34. 34.My brother ___ tea before the guests arrived. (a) have made (b) had made (c) has made (d) had make
35. 35.When Dad called, Kunal ___ already fed the dog. (a) has (b) had (c) have
36. 36.You ___ a tree before it got dark. (a) had plant (b) had planted (c) have planted (d) has planted
37. 37.You ___ in the park before the bell rang. (a) have jogged (b) has jogged (c) had jog (d) had jogged
38. 38.We ___ a cap before the guests arrived. (a) have worn (b) had wore (c) had worn (d) has worn
39. 39.When Dad called, you ___ already cooked rice. (a) have (b) had (c) has
40. 40.When Dad called, we ___ already watched a cartoon. (a) had (b) has (c) have

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